John Linegar

{{Short description|Irish Roman Catholic bishop}}{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Archbishop | name = John Linegar | title = Archbishop of Dublin | church = [[Catholic Church]] | archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin|Archdiocese of Dublin]] | term = 20 March 1734 – 21 June 1757 | predecessor = [[Luke Fagan]] | successor = [[Richard Lincoln]] | ordination = 31 December 1694 | ordained_by = {{ill|Francisco de Lima|pt}} | birth_date = {{birth year|1671}} | birth_place = [[Broadstone, Dublin|Broadstone]], [[Dublin]], [[County Dublin]], [[Kingdom of Ireland]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1757|6|21|1671|df=y}} | death_place = Dublin, County Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland }} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''John Linegar''' (1671 in [[Dublin]] – 1757 in Dublin) was an [[Ireland|Irish]] [[Roman Catholic]] [[bishop]] in the mid 18th century.<ref>[https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blinegar.html Catholic Hierarchy]</ref>

Linegar was born in [[Broadstone, Dublin]] and [[ordained]] [[priest]] in 1694. He trained for the priesthood in the [[Irish College at Lisbon]], and he served as a curate in [[St. Michan's Catholic Church, Dublin]]. He was appointed [[Archbishop of Dublin (Roman Catholic)|Archbishop of Dublin]] in 1734.<ref>{{cite book |last=Brady |first=W. Maziere |author-link=William Maziere Brady |title=The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875 |url=https://archive.org/details/a548648301braduoft/page/n369/mode/2up|year=1876a |publisher=Tipografia Della Pace |location=Rome |volume=1 }}</ref> He died in post on 21 June 1757.

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