John Oswald (bishop)

John Oswald DD was an 18th-century Anglican bishop in Ireland.[1]

He was nominated Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh on 1 April 1762 and consecrated on 4 July that year;[2] translated to Dromore on 7 May 1763; and finally to Raphoe on 25 August 1763.[3] He died on 4 March 1780.

References

Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
” The annual register” London, J.Dodsley, 1765
”A political index to the histories of Great Britain & Ireland Volume 3" Beatson,R: London, Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806

Church of England titles
Preceded by William Gore (bishop)	Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh 1762–1763	Succeeded by Denison Cumberland
Preceded by George Marlay	Bishop of Dromore May 1763– August 1763	Succeeded by Edward Young
Preceded by Robert Downes	Bishop of Raphoe 1772– 1784	Succeeded by James Hawkins

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

[2] ” The annual register” London, J.Dodsley, 1765

[3] ”A political index to the histories of Great Britain & Ireland Volume 3" Beatson,R: London, Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806