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Irish bishop (died 1753)

John Whitcombe, D.D. (died 22 September 1753) was an Anglican bishop in Ireland in the 18th century.

Whitcombe was educated at Trinity College, Dublin after which he became Chaplain to the Duke of Dorset then Rector of Louth. He was consecrated Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh in January 1735; and was also appointed in commendam to Kilfenora in 1742. In 1752 he was translated to Down and Connor and finally to the Archbishopric of Cashel later that year.

He died on 22 September 1753.

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded byMordecai Cary	Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh 1735–1752	Succeeded byArthur Smyth
Preceded byEdward Synge	Held in commendam the Bishop of Kilfenora 1742–1752	Succeeded byNicholas Synge
Preceded byJohn Ryder	Bishop of Down and Connor 21 March 1752 – 1 September 1752	Succeeded byRobert Downes
Preceded byArthur Price	Archbishop of Cashel 1752–1753	Succeeded byMichael Cox

References

Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 350–351. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 4" Cotton, H. pp170/1 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. pp504 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p211 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p21 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
"The Pedigree Register" Sherwood G (Ed): London, Society of Genealogists, 1910/13

v t e Bishops of Clonfert and of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh
Clonfert	Richard Nangle Roland de Burgo Stephen Kirwan Roland Lynch, Bishop of Kilmacduagh
Clonfert & Kilmacduagh	Robert Dawson William Bailey Edward Wolley William Fitzgerald Theophilus Bolton Arthur Price Edward Synge Mordecai Cary John Whitcombe Arthur Smyth Hon William Carmichael William Gore John Oswald Denison Cumberland Walter Cope John Law Richard Marlay Hon Charles Brodrick Hugh Hamilton Matthew Young George Beresford Nathaniel Alexander Christopher Butson (see merged to Killaloe and Clonfert)

Bishops of Clonfert and of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh

v t e Anglican bishops of Kilfenora
John Steere William Murray Richard Betts James Heygate Robert Sibthorp Samuel Pullen John Whitcombe

v t e Bishops of Down and Connor; of Down, Connor and Dromore; and of Down and Dromore
Down and Connor	Tiberio Ugolino Robert Blyth Eugene Magennis James MacCawell John Merriman Hugh Allen Edward Edgeworth John Charden Robert Humpston John Todd James Dundas Robert Echlin Henry Leslie Jeremy Taylor Roger Boyle Thomas Hacket Samuel Foley Edward Walkington Edward Smyth Francis Hutchinson Carew Reynell John Ryder John Whitcombe Robert Downes Arthur Smyth James Traill William Dickson Nathaniel Alexander Richard Mant (became Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore)
Down, Connor and Dromore	Richard Mant Robert Knox William Reeves Thomas Welland John Crozier Charles D'Arcy Charles Grierson John MacNeice Charles King Irwin
Down and Dromore	William Kerr Frederick Mitchell George Quin Robin Eames Gordon McMullan Harold Miller David McClay

v t e Anglican Archbishops of Cashel
James MacCawell Miler Magrath Malcolm Hamilton Archibald Hamilton Thomas Fulwar Thomas Price Narcissus Marsh William Palliser William Nicolson Timothy Goodwin Theophilus Bolton Arthur Price John Whitcombe Michael Cox Charles Agar Charles Brodrick Richard Laurence

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