Robert Leslie (bishop)

Robert Leslie (died 10 August 1672) was an Anglican prelate who served in the Church of Ireland as the Bishop of Dromore (1660–61), then Bishop of Raphoe (1661–71), and finally Bishop of Clogher (1671–72).[1]

Styles of Robert Leslie
Reference style	The Right Reverend
Spoken style	My Lord
Religious style	Bishop

He was the son of Dr Henry Leslie, Bishop of Down and Connor.[2] Robert was educated in Dublin and took a Master of Arts degree at Aberdeen.[3] In 1638, his first ecclesiastical appointment was as a canon of St Saviour's Cathedral in Connor, County Antrim.[4] Three years later, the cathedral was destroyed during the Irish Rebellion of 1641. After the Restoration of the monarchy, he was nominated Bishop of Dromore on 6 August 1660 and consecrated on 27 January 1661.[3][5] He was also granted in commendam the archdeaconry of Connor by letters patent on 10 August 1660.[4]

He was translated twice, firstly to the bishopric of Raphoe on 20 June 1661,[6][7] and secondly to the bishopric of Clogher on 26 October 1671.[8][9] After becoming bishop of Clogher, he resigned the archdeaconry of Connor.[4]

He died in office at Ballygawley, County Tyrone on 10 August 1672,[9][10] and was interred in St Macartan's Cathedral, Clogher.[10]

Notes

1. Clogher clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Clogher, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, etc" Leslie, J.B. p 14: Enniskille; R. H. Ritchie; 1929
2. Cotton 1849, The Province of Ulster, pp. 267 and 281.
3. Cotton 1849, The Province of Ulster, p. 281.
4. Cotton 1849, The Province of Ulster, p. 257.
5. Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 388.
6. Cotton 1849, The Province of Ulster, p. 351.
7. Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 405.
8. Cotton 1849, The Province of Ulster, pp. 79–80.
9. Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 382.
10. Cotton 1849, The Province of Ulster, p. 80.

References

• Cotton, Henry (1849). The Province of Ulster. Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Volume 3. Dublin: Hodges and Smith.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by Theophilus Buckworth	Bishop of Dromore 1660–1661	Succeeded by Jeremy Taylor (administrator)
Preceded by John Leslie	Bishop of Raphoe 1661–1671	Succeeded by Ezekiel Hopkins
Preceded by John Leslie	Bishop of Clogher 1671–1672	Succeeded by Roger Boyle