Patrick Burke (bishop)

{{Short description|Irish Roman Catholic clergyman and Bishop of Elphin (1779 –1843)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=January 2020}}

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'''Patrick Burke''' (1779 – 16 September 1843) was an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] clergyman who served as the [[Bishop of Elphin]] from 1827 to 1843.<ref name=burke>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bburkep.html Bishop Patrick Burke]. ''Catholic Hierarchy website''. Retrieved 30 August 2011.</ref>

== Career == Born in 1779 in Lisnageeragh (Lisnageera), he matriculated in [[St Patrick's College, Maynooth|St. Patrick's College, Maynooth]] in 1799, ordained a [[deacon]] in 1802 and a [[priest]] in 1803. He served in his native diocese, and in 1810 served as parish priest of Ballinakill and Kilcronan and in 1812 was appointed parish priest of [[Glinsk, County Mayo|Glinsk]]. In 1819, in Maynooth College he was ordained as Coadjutor Bishop of Elphin. He was also appointed Titular Bishop of [[Augustopolis in Phrygia|Augustopolis]] in [[Phrygia]].

Burke was elected [[Bishop of Elphin]] on 8 May 1827. As bishop, he resided in Seaville House, [[County Sligo]], part of the Vernon estate, following his death his house became the Ursuline Convent.

Dr. Burke is buried in the family vault in Kilcroan Cemetery, [[Ballymoe]], [[County Galway]].

== See also == * [[House of Burgh]], an [[Anglo-Normans|Anglo-Norman]] and [[Hiberno-Norman]] dynasty founded in 1193 * [[Catholic Church in Ireland]]

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