Bishop Nicolas French †

Deceased

Bishop of Ferns, Ireland

Auxiliary Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1604²		Born
6 Feb 1645	41.0	Appointed	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
3 Dec 1645	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
1652²	48.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
1666²	62.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
1668²	64.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
23 Aug 1678	74.6	Died	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Nicolas French
Bishop Nicolas French
(born 1604, died 23 Aug 1678)
Bishop of Ferns

Event Place
Birth Place Bally Tory

a bishop for 32.7 years

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Peter Talbot † (1669)
Bishop Ignaas August Schetz van Grobbendonck † (1669)
Archbishop James Lynch † (1669)
Bishop Dominic Burke, O.P. † (1671)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Bally Tory

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/87847
VIAF: 2814808
WikiData: Q3339660

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 186
b: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,500, Page 175, Number 1,086
b: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1645, Number 48

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