Richard O'Reilly

Styles of
Richard O'Reilly
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Grace or Archbishop

Richard O'Reilly (1746–1818) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 1787 to 1818.[1][2][3]

Biography

After his education at the Propaganda College in Rome, he was the Parish Priest of Kilcock and Vicar General of Kildare and Leighlin.[1] He was appointed the Titular Bishop of Oropus and Coadjutor of Kildare and Leighlin on 20 June 1781.[1][2][3] The following year, he was appointed the Coadjutor and Administrator of the Metropolitan see of Armagh on 26 February 1782.[1][2][3] On the death of Archbishop Anthony Blake of Armagh on 11 November 1787, O'Reilly automatically succeeded as archbishop and primate.[1][2][3]

He died in office on 31 January 1818, aged 72, and was buried in Drogheda.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Brady 1876, The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 1, p. 231.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Archbishop Richard O'Reilly". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 416.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Armagh
and Primate of All Ireland
1787–1818 		Succeeded by