Simon Digby | |
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Bishop of Elphin | |
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Church | Church of Ireland |
Diocese | Elphin |
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Consecration | 23 March 1679 |
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Died | 7 April 1720 |
Parents | Essex Digby |
Spouse | Elizabeth Westenra [1] |
Children | 16 [1] |
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Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin |
Simon Digby was an Irish Anglican bishop at the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth century. [2] He was the son of Essex Digby and attended Trinity College Dublin. [1] After a short spell as Dean of Kildare in 1678–1679, he was nominated Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe on 24 January 1679 and consecrated on 23 March that year. [3] He was summoned to attend the short-lived Patriot Parliament called by James II of England in 1689. In 1690 he was translated to Elphin, being nominated on 4 December and appointed by letters patent on 12 January the following year. [4] He died in office on 7 April 1720. [1]