Simon Digby (bishop)
Simon Digby was an Irish Anglican bishop at the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth century.[1] He was the son of Essex Digby.
After a short spell as Dean of Kildare in 1678–1679, he was nominated Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe on 24 January 1679 and consecrated on 23 March that year.[2] In 1690 he was translated to Elphin, being nominated on 4 December and appointed by letters patent on 12 January the following year.[3] He died in office on 7 April 1720.
References
- ^ "History of the Church of Ireland: From the revolution to the union of the Churches of England and Ireland, January 1, 1801" Mant, R: London, J.W. Parker, 1840
- ^ “A New History of Ireland” Moody,T.W; Martin,F.X; Byrne,F.J;Cosgrove,A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
- ^ "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Cotton,H Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860
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