Archbishop of Armagh, born Waterford, Ireland, c.1555;died Rome, Italy, 1625. He studied at Louvain and was made archbishop, 1601; as he was unable to go to his see, the diocese was administered by David Rothe. Lombard wrote a treatise on Ireland and for a time presided over the "Congregatio de Auxiliis" which examined into the Jesuit and Dominican controversy on grace.
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