death_date consecration other_post nationality birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place title name consecrated_by predecessor birth_place parents type appointed successor religion article_title
20 june 1702 9 september 1685 titular bishop of adramyttium english 1615 20 june 1702 english college , douai london vicar apostolic of england john leyburn federico baldeschi colonna richard smith cunswick , near kendal , westmorland john leyburn and catharine carr bishop 30 january 1688 bonaventure giffard roman catholic john leyburn

john leyburn

john leyburn -lrb- 1615 -- 1702 -rrb- was an english roman catholic bishop who served as the vicar apostolic of england from 1685 to 1688 and then when it was divided served as the vicar apostolic of the london district from 1688 to 1702 .
he was not only a theologian , but also a mathematician , and an intimate friend of descartes and hobbes .
