Francisco de Ribera

This article is about the Franciscan bishop of Leighlin. For the Jesuit theologian, see Francisco Ribera.
This article is about the Franciscan bishop of Leighlin. For the friar and salior, see Francisco de la Ribera.
Francisco de Ribera

OFM
DioceseLeighlin
SeeSt Laserian's Cathedral (held by Church of Ireland)
Appointed14 September 1587
PredecessorThomas O'Fihelly
SuccessorLuke Archer
Opposed toRichard Meredith
Personal details
Died(1604-09-10)10 September 1604
Antwerp, Duchy of Brabant, Habsburg Netherlands
NationalityCastilian
ResidenceIrish College, Antwerp

Francisco de Ribera was a Spanish Franciscan priest from Toledo, a Doctor of Theology, whom Pope Sixtus V appointed as bishop of Leighlin, Ireland, on 14 September 1587. Leighlin being under English control at this time, Ribera resided in the Irish College in Antwerp, where he built an infirmary. He died in Antwerp on 10 September 1604.

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