Thomas Leger

Most Reverend

Thomas Legger
Bishop of Limerick
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Limerick
In office1456-1457
PredecessorJohn Mothel
SuccessorWilliam Creagh
Orders
Consecration7 June 1456
Personal details
Born
Limerick
Died1468
Limerick, Ireland

Thomas Leger (died 1468) was a Roman Catholic prelate who briefly served as Bishop of Limerick.[1]

Biography

Begley records that Legger was appointed Bishop of Limerick by Pope Callixtus III after news reached Rome that John Mothel had died. Legger never received consecration and died in 1468.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bishop Thomas Leger, C.R.S.A." Catholic Hierarchy.
  2. ^ Begley, Canon John (1906). The Diocese of Limerick, Ancient and Modern. Dublin: Browne & Nolan.


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