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Thomas Leger

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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

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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

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References

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  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.