Joseph Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo

The Right Reverend and Right Honourable
The Earl of Mayo
The Right Reverend and Right Honourable The Earl of Mayo
Archbishop of Tuam
	In office; 1782–1794
Preceded by	Jemmett Browne
Succeeded by	William Beresford
Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin
	In office; 1772–1782
Preceded by	Edward Young
Succeeded by	Walter Cope
Dean of Dromore
	In office; 1772–1772
Preceded by	Walter Cope
Succeeded by	Raphael Walsh
Dean of Killaloe
	In office; 1768–1772
Preceded by	William Henry
Succeeded by	William Pery
Personal details
Born	Joseph Deane Bourke; 1736
Died	20 August 1794 (aged 57–58); Kilbeggan, County Westmeath, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Spouse	Elizabeth Meade (m. 1760)
Children	John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo; Richard Bourke;
Parents	John Bourke, 1st Earl of Mayo; Mary Deane;

Joseph Deane Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo (English: /bɜːrk/; BURK; 1736 – 20 August 1794) was an Irish peer and cleric who held several high offices in the Church of Ireland including Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin (1772–82) and Archbishop of Tuam (1782–94).

Family[edit]

Bourke was the second son of John Bourke, 1st Earl of Mayo and Mary Deane. In 1760, he married Elizabeth Meade, the daughter of Richard Meade, 3rd Baronet and Catherine Prittie. They had four sons: John Bourke, 4th Earl of Mayo, Richard, Joseph, and George, and six daughters: Catherine, Mary-Elizabeth, Mary-Anne, Charlotte, Louisa, and Theodosia-Eleanor.^[1] Theodosia's son, Matthew Hale, was the first Bishop of Perth and then the Bishop of Brisbane.

Prior to his elevation to the episcopate, Bourke's earlier ecclesiastical appointments were Prebendary of Armagh (1760–1768);^[2] Dean of Killaloe (1768–1772), Rector of Kilskyre, near Kells, County Meath (1769–1772);^[3] and Dean of Dromore (1772).^[4]

He was nominated as the Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin on 7 September 1772 and appointed by letters patent on 19 September 1772.^[5]^[6] He was consecrated at St. Thomas's Church, Dublin on 11 October 1772; the principal consecrator was John Cradock, Archbishop of Dublin, and the principal co-consecrators were Charles Jackson, Bishop of Kildare and William Newcome, Bishop of Dromore.^[5]^[6]

Ten years later, he was translated to the Archbishopric of Tuam by letters patent on 8 August 1782 and made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland.^[7]^[8] On the death in 1792 of his brother, John Bourke, 2nd Earl of Mayo, he succeeded as the 3rd Earl of Mayo.^[1]

He died at Kilbeggan in County Westmeath on 20 August 1794, and was interred in the burying ground of his family near Naas, County Kildare.^[7]

Coat of arms of Joseph Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo
	Crest A Cat-a-Mountain sejant guardant proper, collared and chained Or. Escutcheon Party per fess Or and Ermine, a cross gules the first quarter charged with a lion rampant sable and the second with a dexter hand couped at the wrist and erect gules Supporters On either side a Chevalier in complete Armour, holding in the exterior hand a Pole-Axe, all proper.^[9]^[10] Motto A CRUCE SALUS (Salvation from the Cross)

^ ^a ^b Burke 1882, A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, vol. 2, pp. 156–157.
^ Cotton 1849, The Province of Ulster, p. 53.
^ Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, p. 479.
^ Cotton 1849, The Province of Ulster, p. 294.
^ ^a ^b Cotton 1850, The Province of Connaught, p. 342.
^ ^a ^b Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 394.
^ ^a ^b Cotton 1850, The Province of Connaught, p. 18.
^ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 406.
^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 2653–2655. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
^ Burke, Bernard (1884). The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. University of California Libraries. London : Harrison & sons.

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Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by William Henry	Dean of Killaloe 1768–1772	Succeeded by William Pery
Preceded by Walter Cope	Dean of Dromore 1772	Succeeded by Raphael Walsh
Preceded by Edward Young	Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin 1772–1782	Succeeded by Walter Cope
Preceded by Jemmett Browne	Archbishop of Tuam 1782–1794	Succeeded by William Beresford
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by John Bourke	Earl of Mayo 1792–1794	Succeeded by John Bourke