[2] He was the son of Essex Digby and attended Trinity College Dublin.

[1] After a short spell as Dean of Kildare in 1678–1679, he was nominated Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe on 24 January 1679 and consecrated on 23 March that year.

[3] He was summoned to attend the short-lived Patriot Parliament called by James II of England in 1689.

In 1690 he was translated to Elphin, being nominated on 4 December and appointed by letters patent on 12 January the following year.

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