Denis Conway (bishop)

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Denis Conway (1722–1796) was an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Limerick from 1779 to 1796.

Biography

Denis Conway studied at the Irish College in Louvain{{cite web |title=Limerick and Louvain |url=http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/NMAJ%20vol%2004%20no%202%2005%20Limerick%20and%20Louvain,%20by%20Richard%20Hayes.pdf |website=Limerick City Library |accessdate=6 March 2019}} and was ordained a priest 22 September 1753. He became bishop of Limerick in 1779 receiving consecration by Archbishop James Butler 2nd and died in 1796.{{cite web |title=Bishop Denis Conway |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bconw.html |website=Catholic Hierarchy |accessdate=6 March 2019}}

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Category:1722 births

Category:1796 deaths

Category:18th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland

Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Limerick

Category:Place of birth missing