Francis Burke (bishop)

Francis Burke
Styles of; Francis Burke
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Grace or Archbishop

Francis Burke, or de Burgo, or de Burgh (died 1723) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as Archbishop of Tuam from 1713 to 1723.[1][2]

He was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Tuam on 22 August 1713. He had been recommended by John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde, a kinsman. Two months later, he succeeded as Archbishop of Tuam on 31 October 1713, and consecrated on 4 April 1714. He died in office in August or September 1723.[1][2][3]

References

Archbishop Francis Burke. Catholic Hierarchy website. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 443. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Volume 2. Rome: Tipografia della Pace. pp. 146–147.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by James Lynch	Archbishop of Tuam 1713–1723	Succeeded by Bernard O'Gara

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[bburkef-1] Archbishop Francis Burke. Catholic Hierarchy website. Retrieved 2 April 2010.

[3rdhandbook-2] Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 443. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

[mazierebradyvol2-3] Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Volume 2. Rome: Tipografia della Pace. pp. 146–147.