Richard Bourke (bishop)

The Right Reverend and Honourable

Hon. Richard Bourke
The Right Reverend and Honourable; Hon. Richard Bourke
Church	Church of Ireland
Diocese	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore
In office	1813–1832
Predecessor	Joseph Stock
Successor	Diocese merged with Cashel
Other post(s)	Prebendary of Tuam (1791); Rector of Templemichael and Mohill (1795); Dean of Ardagh (1800–13);
Orders
Consecration	10 October 1813
Personal details
Born	Richard Bourke; 22 April 1767
Died	15 November 1832 (aged 65)
Nationality	Irish
Parents	Joseph Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo; Elizabeth Meade;
Spouse	Frances Fowler (m. 1795; died 1827)
Children	4, including:; Robert Bourke, 5th Earl of Mayo
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

The Honourable Richard Bourke (22 April 1767 – 15 November 1832) was an Irish Church of Ireland cleric who was Dean of Ardagh (1800–1813) and the last Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (1813–1832)^[1] before it merged with the defunct Ecclesiastical Province of Cashel.^[2]