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patrick walsh -lrb- bishop of waterford and lismore -rrb-
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patrick walsh -lrb- bishop of waterford and lismore -rrb-

patrick walsh -lrb- died 1578 -rrb- was an irish prelate who served as the bishop of waterford and lismore from 1551 to 1578 .
a graduate of brasenose college , oxford , he was appointed the dean of waterford on 9 march 1547 .
four years later , walsh was nominated the bishop of waterford and lismore by edward vi of england on 9 june 1551 and was consecrated by royal mandate on 23 october 1551 .
he retained the deanery of waterford until he resigned it on 15 june 1566 .
after the accession of queen mary i , walsh was recognized bishop by the holy see in 1555/1556 .
but following the accession of queen elizabeth i , walsh supported the crown 's reformation legislation in the 1560 irish parliament .
in a letter of 12 october 1561 , the papal legate fr david wolfe sj described all the bishops in munster as ` adherents of the queen ' .
bishop walsh was appointed to an ecclesiastical commission for enforcing the royal supremacy in june 1564 .
described as a ` crypto-catholic ' in 1577 , walsh had custody of the papal bishop of cork and cloyne , edmund tanner , who described him as ` the heretical bishop of waterford ' ; and persuaded him to make a ` strictly private ' rejection of the protestant faith .
bishop walsh died in 1578 , and was described as a ` confirmed heretic ' by the franciscan thomas strange .
