Pre-Reformation Bishops of Ross
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From
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Until
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Incumbent
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Notes
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unknown
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1160
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Nechtan Mac Nechtain
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Died in office.
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unknown
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1168
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?Ua Cerbaill
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Also known as O'Carroll. He was either bishop of Ross or Roscrea.
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fl. 1173–1177
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Benedictus
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fl. 1192
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c. 1195
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Mauricius
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c. 1196
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1223
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Daniel
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Elected circa 1196 and consecrated before January 1198. Died in office in 1223.
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1224
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c. 1253
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Fingen Ó Clothna
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Also known as Florentius. Elected before 7 May 1224. Resigned before January 1253.
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1253
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1265
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Mauricius
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Formerly precentor of Cloyne. Elected before 16 July 1253, consecrated after 2 March 1254, and received possession of the temporalities after 18 July 1254. Resigned circa 25 April 1265.
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1269
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1274
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Ualter Ó Mithigéin, O.F.M.
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Also known as Walter O'Mithigein. Elected before 23 September 1269 and received possession of the temporalities after that date. Died in office before 13 December 1274.
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fl. 1269–1272
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Matthaeus
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Elected circa 1269 and confirmed by Pope Gregory X on 28 December 1272, but did not get possession of the see.
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1275
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1290
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Peter Ó h-Uallacháin, O.Cist.
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Possibly also known as Patricius. Elected before 25 March 1275 and received possession of the temporalities on 25 March 1275. Died in office on 21 September 1290.
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1291
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1310
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Laurentius
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Formerly a canon of Ross. Elected before 12 January 1291 and received possession of the temporalities on that date. Died in office before 8 March 1310.
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1310
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1320
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Matthaeus Ó Finn
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Elected and received possession of the temporalities after 8 March 1310. Died in office on 16 October 1320.
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1320
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1331
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See vacant
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1331
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1335
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Laurentius Ó h-Uallacháin
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Elected on 30 April 1331 and received possession of the temporalities on 14 August 1331. Died in office in 1335.
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1336
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1377
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Dionysius
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Elected in 1336. Died in office in 1377.
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1377
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1379
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See vacant
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1379
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c. 1399
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Bernard Ó Conchobhair, O.F.M.
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Also known as Bernard O'Connor. Received possession of the temporalities on 3 February 1379. TranslatedtoLimerick circa 1399, but the translation did not take effect.
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c. 1399
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Peter Curragh
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Also known as Peter Creagh. Translated from Limerick circa 1399, but the translation did not take effect.
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c. 1399
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Thaddaeus O Ceallaigh
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Abbot of Maure (Abbeymahon). Papal provision circa 1399, but did not take effect.
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1401
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1403
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Mac Raith Ó hEidirsgeóil
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Also known as Macrobius or Matthaeus. Papal provision before 4 August 1401, but annulled on 25 June 1403, and died in 1418.
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1403
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aft.1420
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Stephen Brown, O.Carm.
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Papal provision on 24 April 1399, but apparently did not take effect. Received possession of the temporalities on 6 May 1402 and papal provision again on 25 June 1403. Acted as a suffragan bishop in the dioceses of St David's (1408), Bath & Wells (1410), Hereford (1418), and Worcester (1420). Died after 1420.
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1418
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1423
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Walter Formay, O.F.M.
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Papal provision on 14 November 1418, Died in office before September 1423.
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1424
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John Bloxworth, O.Carm.
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Papal provision on 24 September 1424, but did not take effect.
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1426
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unknown
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Conchobhar Mac Fhaolchadha, O.F.M.
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Also known as Cornelius. Papal provision on 19 August 1426. Not known his episcopate ended, but died before December 1448.
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unknown
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c. 1431
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Maurice Brown
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Died before July 1431, since he only appears in the papal provision of his successor Walter of Leicester.
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1431
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unknown
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Walter of Leicester, O.P.
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Papal provision on 13 July 1431.
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1434
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unknown
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Richard Clerk
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Formerly a clerc in the Diocese of Meath. Papal provision on 10 March 1434. Acted as a suffragan bishop in the dioceses of London (1434–41), Canterbury (1439–65), and Salisbury (1454). Died after 1465.
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1448
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bef. 1474
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Domhnall Ó Donnobháin
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Formerly a clerc in the Diocese of Ross. Papal provision on 4 November 1448. Resigned and died before 1474
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unknown
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1460
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Johnannes
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Acted as a suffragan bishop in the Bath & Wells (1450–60). Died in March 1460.
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1460
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unknown
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Robert Colynson
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Formerly a priest in the Diocese of York. Papal provision on 19 March 1460
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1464
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unknown
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John Hornse
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Also known as John Skipton. Acted as a suffragan bishop in the dioceses of Norwich (1466–69) and Bath & Wells (1479–81). Died after 1481.
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1473
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1494
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Aodh Ó hEidirsgeóil
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Also known as Odo. Formerly a canon of Ross. Papal provision on 24 March and consecrated on 11 April 1473. Died before September 1494.
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1482
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1483
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Thaddeus McCarthy
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Also known as Tadhg Mac Cartaigh. Formerly a canon of Cork. Papal provision on 29 March and consecrated on 3 May 1482. Deprived on 3 August 1483. Later appointed Bishop of Cork and Cloyne on 21 April 1490.
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1494
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1517
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John Edmund de Courcy, O.F.M.
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Translated from Clogher on 26 September 1494. Resigned on 4 November 1517.
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1517
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1519
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Seaán Ó Muirthile, O.Cist.
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Also known as John O'Murily. Formerly abbot of Maure (Abbeymahon). Papal provision on 4 November 1517. Died on 9 January 1519.
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1519
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1526
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Tadhg Ó Raghallaigh
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Also known as Thaddeus. Papal provision Bishop of Dromore on 30 April 1511 and Bishop of Ross on 23 December 1519. Held both sees until his death sometime before June 1526.
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fl. 1523
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Bonaventura
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A native of Spain. No record of a papal provision, but believed to be alive around 27 March 1523.
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Source(s):[3][4]
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