Philip Phillips (bishop)

Philip Phillips (died 1787) was an Irish clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Tuam from 1785 to 1787.[1][2]

He was appointed Bishop of Killala on 24 November 1760, and translated to the bishopric of Achonry on 22 November 1785. He translated again to the archbishopric of Tuam on 22 November 1785. He died in office in September 1787.[1][2]

References

Archbishop Philip Phillips. 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.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bonaventura MacDonnell	Bishop of Killala 1760–1776	Succeeded by Alexander Irwin
Preceded by Patrick Robert Kirwan	Bishop of Achonry 1776–1785	Succeeded by Boetius Egan
Preceded by Michael Skerrett	Archbishop of Tuam 1785–1787	Succeeded by Boetius Egan

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