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The Right Reverend Thomas Lewis O'Beirne (1749 – 17 February 1823), was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Ossory from 1795 to 1798〔“Handbook of British Chronology” By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 9780521563505〕 when he was translated to Meath.〔(Genealogical Web site )〕 ==Life== Born in 1749, the eldest son of a Roman Catholic farmer, he was educated at the Catholic College of St Omer before converting to Anglicanism. Ordained a priest in 1773, he was entered on the books of Trinity College, Cambridge as a ten-year man the same year. His ecclesiastical career began with a college living at Grendon, Northamptonshire 1774-1776, following which he was a naval chaplain under Admiral Howe in 1776.〔 In 1776 he preached in St. Paul's Church in New York City. Later he was Vicar of West Deeping 1779-1783 and chaplain and private secretary to the Duke of Portland 1782-1783.〔 Returning to his native Ireland he became the incumbent at Templemichael, from which post he ascended to the episcopate:〔‘O’Beirne , Thomas Lewis (1749–1823)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Davenport-Hines,R. (Oxford, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004) ISBN 0-19-861411-X〕 He became Anglican bishop of Ossory in 1795, and in 1798 was transferred to the see of Meath.〔 He died on 17 February 1823. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas O'Beirne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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