What is Anthony Blake (bishop)?
'''Anthony Blake''' ({{c.}} 1704 – 1787) was an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[clergy]]man of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He was the [[Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise]] from 1756 to 1758 and [[Archbishop of Armagh]] from 1758 to 1787.<ref name=bblake>''[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bblake.html Archbishop Anthony Blake]'' at [http://www.Catholic-Hierarchy.org/ Catholic-Hierarchy]. Retrieved on 31 May 2013.</ref> Blake was the youngest of two sons of Andrew Blake of Kilvine. His family were from [[County Mayo]]. They were one of the [[Tribes of Galway]]. He returned to Ireland from France about 1731. He attended the schools [[Saint-Omer]] and [[Leuven|Louvain]]. He was made priest in the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam|archdiocese of Tuam]]. He held the positions of [[Dean (religion)|dean]] of the chapter and [[vicar general]] to the archbishop. From 1741 to 1756 he served as [[Warden of Galway]]. His most nobable action was to build a new parish chapel in the town's middle street. This chapel stood until 1833. ==References== {{Reflist}} * ''Dictionary of Irish Biography'', pp.&nbsp;579–80, Cambridge, 2010. {{DEFAULTSORT:Blake, Anthony (bishop)}} [[Category:1704 births]] [[Category:1787 deaths]] [[Category:People from the Republic of Ireland]] [[Category:Roman Catholic archbishops]] {{bio-stub}}