Richard Walsh (bishop)

Richard Walsh DD (b Gortroe 1697;[1] d Cork 1763) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop in the eighteenth century.[2]

Walsh was a compromise candidate for the Bishopric of Cork. The two leading candidates were John O’Brien, Parish Priest of Castlelyons, and James Butler, nephew of the Archbishop of Cashel.[3] He was consecrated on 10 January 1748 and served until his death.[4]

  1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy
  2. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 344. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  3. ^ Echo Live- the fascinating history of Cork’s bishops
  4. ^ Diocesan web site