Richard Walsh (bishop)

{{short description|Roman-catholic bishop}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=August 2021}} '''Richard Walsh''' [[Doctor of Divinity|DD]] (b [[Gortroe]] 1697;<ref>[https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bwalshr.html Catholic Hierarchy]</ref> d [[Cork (city)|Cork]] 1763) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop in the eighteenth century.<ref name="HOCBC">{{cite book |author1=Fryde, E. B. |author2=Greenway, D. E. |author3=Porter, S. |author4=Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology |edition=Third |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1986 |isbn=0-521-56350-X |page=344}}</ref>

Walsh was a compromise candidate for the [[Bishop of Cork|Bishopric of Cork]]. The two leading candidates were John O’Brien, Parish Priest of [[Castlelyons]], and James Butler, nephew of the [[Archbishop of Cashel]].<ref>[https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-40147868.html Echo Live- the fascinating history of Cork’s bishops]</ref> He was consecrated on 10 January 1748 and served until his death.<ref>[http://corkandross.org/priests/most-rev-richard-walsh/ Diocesan web site]</ref>

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