Nicholas Synge was an 18th-century Irish

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. Synge was educated at

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. He was Rector of

Headford Headford () is a small town in County Galway, located 26 km north of Galway city in the west of Ireland. It is an angling centre for the eastern shore of Lough Corrib, and Greenfields, approximately 6.5 km west of the town, is its bo ...

and

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of Kilbeg from 1720 until 1731 and

Archdeacon of Tuam The Archdeacon of Tuam ( ) was a post held in the Diocese of Tuam, from the creation of the diocese at the Synod of Rathbreasail in 1111. Background In the Catholic Church, the post of archdeacon, generally a priest, was once one of great impo ...

from 1731 until 1743. He was appointed

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in 1737 and resigned in 1743 to become

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. In 1745 he became

Bishop of Killaloe The Bishop of Killaloe ( ) is an episcopal title which takes its name after the town of Killaloe in County Clare, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bis ...

and from 1752

Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora The Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Killaloe and Kilfenora in the Province of Cashel; comprising all of County Clare and the northern part of County Tipperary, Ireland. The Episcopal see w ...

. He died on 19 January 1771: his brother was also a bishop."The Baronetage of England" Betham, W p487: London, Burrell and Bransby, 1805

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Archdeacons of Tuam Archdeacons of Dublin 1771 deaths 18th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Anglican bishops of Killaloe Bishops of Killaloe and Kilfenora Place of birth missing {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub