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Nicholas Stafford

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Nicholas Stafford
Reference styleThe Right Reverend
Spoken styleMy Lord or Bishop

Nicholas Stafford (1691–1762) was an Anglican bishop in the Church of Ireland in the early seventeenth century.[1]

A former Chancellor of Ferns and Leighlin[2] he was Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin[3] from 1601 until his death in 1604." The History and Antiquities of the County of Carlow " Ryan, J. p139: Dublin; Richard Moore;1833

References

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  1. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  2. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. pp336 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  3. ^ "A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin
1601–1604
Succeeded by