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The Bishop of Killala is an episcopal title which takes its name after the town of Killala in County Mayo, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.

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History

The diocese of Killala was one of the twenty-four dioceses established at the Synod of Rathbreasail in 1111. It was often called the diocese of Uí Fiachrach Muaidhe in the Irish annals. The diocese comprises of northern County Mayo and western County Sligo. After Bishop Ó Coineóil was restored in 1439, there were a number of candidates who were appointed but never took effect.

Following the Reformation, there were parallel apostolic successions. In the Church of Ireland, the see of Killala combined with Achonry to form the united bishopric of Killala and Achonry in 1622.

In the Roman Catholic Church, the title continues as a separate bishopric. The current Incumbent is the Most Reverend John Fleming, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killala, who was appointed by the Holy See on 19 February 2002 and ordained bishop on 7 April 2002. The bishop's seat (cathedra) is located at St Muredach's Cathedral in Ballina, County Mayo.

Pre-Reformation bishops

Pre-Reformation Bishops of Killala [1][2][3]
From Until Incumbent Notes
unknown 1137 Ua Máel Fogmair I Died in office
unknown 1151 Ua Máel Fogmair II Died in office
bef.1179 unknown Ua Máel Fogmair III Became bishop before 1179; date of death unknown
1199 1206 Domnall Ua Bécdha Became bishop before 29 March 1199; died in office; also known as Donatus
fl.1208 unknown ? Muiredach Ua Dubthaig Mentioned in the Annals of Loch Cé, 1208, where the context suggests that his see may have been Killala
bef.1224 1234 Aengus Ó Máel Fogmair Became bishop before 1224; died in office; also known as Elias
1235 unknown Donatus Became bishop 1235 and recorded 7 September 1244; date of death unknown
1253 1264 Seoán Ó Laidig, O.P. Elected after 22 June and consecrated 7 December 1253; resigned after 21 February 1264; died 1275
unknown 1280 Seoán Ó Máel Fogmair Died 25 October 1280
1281 1306 Donnchad Ó Flaithbertaig Elected before 16 April 1281; received possession of the temporalities 29 September 1281; died circa February 1306; also known as Donatus
1307 1343 John Tankard Formerly Archdeacon of Killala; elected 13 June 1306 and received possession of the temporalities after that date; consecrated circa 1307; died in office; also known as Seoán Ó Laithim
1344 c.1346 James Bermingham Formerly a Canon of Killala; elected and consecrated 1344; died circa 1346
1347 1350 Uilliam Ó Dubhda Elected in 1344 and appointed 26 June 1346; received possession of the temporalities 25 March 1348; died 1350; also known as William O'Dowda
1351 1383 Robert Elyot Formerly Bishop of Waterford; appointed 8 June 1351; deprived by Antipope Clement VII before 17 January 1383; died before January 1390
1351 1383 (Brian mac Donchadha Ó Dubha) Elected by the Dean and Chapter, but it does not appear that he was confirmed or consecrated
(1381) (Thomas Lodowys, O.P.) Appointed 9 August 1381, but did not take effect; died towards the end of 1388
1383 unknown Conchobhar Ó Coineóil Formerly a Canon of Tuam; appointed by Antipope Clement VII before 19 February 1383; not known when his episcopate ended; died in 1422 or 1423; also known as Cornelius
1390 1398 Thomas Horwell, O.F.M. Appointed 31 January 1390; acted as a suffragan bishop in the dioceses of Ely and Norwich 1389-1406; translated to Dromore before November 1398; also known as Thomas Orwell
1398 1400 See vacant
1400 1425 Tomás mac Uilliam Duibh Bairéad Appointed before 14 April 1400; received possession of the temporalities 12 March 1401; died 25 January 1425; also known as Thomas Barrett or 'an t-easbog Tóimineach'
(1403) (Muircheartach Cléirach mac Donnchadha Ó Dubhda) Elected circa 1403, but was never consecrated; died in the same year
1425 1431/32 Fearghal Ó Martain, O.E.S.A. Appointed 26 September 1425 and consecrated 11 November 1427; died 30 January 1431 or 1432
1431 Thaddaeus 'Mac Creagh' Appointed by the pope before September 1431, but was pardoned for accepting the appointment, and was admitted to all the privileges of an English subject, by King Henry VI in September 1431
1432 1436 Brian Ó Coineóil Appointed 30 January 1432; deposed in 1436; also known as Bernardus
1436 Maghnus Ó Dubhda Formerly Archdeacon of Killala; elected in 1436; died 22 February 1436
1436 1439 See vacant
1439 1461 Brian Ó Coineóil (again) Restored in 1439; murdered on 31 May 1461 by the son of Bishop Maghnus Ó Dubhda
(1447) (Robert Barrett) Provost of Killala; appointed 3 July 1447, but did not take effect
(1452) (Ruaidhrí Bairéad, O.E.S.A.) Appointed 3 March 1452, but did not take effect; died after May 1458; also surnamed as Barrett
(1453) (Thomas) Appointed before 7 January 1453, but did not take effect
(1459) (Richard Viel, O.Carth.) Prior of Witham Friary; appointed 17 October 1459, but did not take effect
1461 1467 Donatus Ó Conchobhair, O.P. Formerly a Friar of Rathfran; appointed 2 December 1461; died after 1467
1467 1470 See vacant
1470 unknown Tomas Bairéad, O.S.A. Formerly a Canon of Crossmolins; appointed 9 February 1470; acted as a suffragan bishop in the diocese of Ely in 1497; died after 1497; also known as Thomas Barrett
1487 1490 Seaán Ó Caissín, O.F.M. Appointed 18 January 1487; resigned 1490; also known as John de Tuderto
1490 1500 See vacant
1500 1505 Thomas Clerke Formerly Archdeacon of Sodor (Isle of Man); appointed 4 May 1500; resigned 1505; became rector of Chedsey in Somerset and died there in 1508; also known as Thomas Cleragh
1505 1508 See vacant
1508 bef.1513 Malachias Ó Clúmháin Formerly a Priest in the diocese of Clonfert; appointed 12 February 1506 and consecrated 3 September 1508; died before 1513
1513 1545 Risdéard Bairéad Formerly a Canon of Killala; appointed 7 January 1513; died before 6 November 1545; also known as Richard Barrett

Post-Reformation bishops

Church of Ireland succession

Church of Ireland Bishops of Killala [4][5][6]
From Until Incumbent Notes
1545 1569 Redmond O'Gallagher [A] Papal appointee in 1545 and presumably was recognized by the crown in the reign of Queen Mary I; there is no record of his recognition by Queen Elizabeth I; translated to the Roman Catholic see of Derry 22 June 1569
1569 1591 See vacant
1591 1607 Owen O'Connor Formerly Dean of Achonry; nominated 18 October 1591 and consecrated before 25 March 1592; died 14 January 1607
1607 1613 See vacant
1613 1622 Miler Magrath, Archbishop of Cashel Held the see in commendam from 1613 until his death on 14 November 1622
In 1622, the Church of Ireland see became part of the united bishopric of Killala and Achonry.

Roman Catholic succession

Roman Catholic Bishops of Killala [7][8][9]
From Until Incumbent Notes
1545 1569 Redmond O'Gallagher [B] Appointed 6 November 1545; translated to Derry 22 June 1569
1570 1580 Donat O'Gallagher, O.F.M. Appointed 4 September 1570; translated to Down and Connor 23 March 1580
1580 1583 John O'Cahasy, O.F.M. Appointed 27 July 1580; died in 1583
1583 1591 See vacant
apptd. 1591 Miler Cawell Appointed vicar apostolic by papal brief 15 May 1591
apptd. 1629 Andrew Lynch Appointed vicar apostolic by papal brief 28 November 1629
1645 1661 Francis Kirwan Consecrated at Paris on 7 May 1645; returned to Ireland, but following the fall of Galway in 1651, he hid from Parliamentarian troops for many months, eventually imprisoned in Galway and then banished to France in August 1655; died at Rennes 27 August 1661.[10]
1661 1671 See vacant
apptd. 1671 John de Burgo Appointed vicar apostolic by papal brief 30 June 1671
(1695) (Ambrose Madden) Appointed bishop on 30 August 1695, but did not take effect; later appointed Bishop of Kilmacduagh in 1703, but again did not take effect; finally was successfully appointed Bishop of Clonfert in 1713
1695 1703 See vacant
1703 1735 Thaddeus Francis O'Rourke, O.F.M. Appointed 15 November 1703 and again 15 March 1707; consecrated 24 August 1707; died September 1735; also known as Tadhg O'Rourke
1735 c.1739 Peter Archdekin, O.F.M. Appointed 30 September 1735 and consecrated 5 February 1736; died circa 1739
1739 c.1743 Bernard O'Rourke Appointed 24 April 1739; died circa 1743
1743 1748 John Brett, O.P. Appointed 27 July and consecrated 8 September 1743; translated to Elphin 28 August 1748
1749 1749 Mark Skerret Appointed 23 January 1749; translated to Tuam 5 May 1749
1749 1760 Bonaventura MacDonnell, O.F.M. Appointed 7 May 1749; died 16 September 1760
1760 1776 Philip Phillips Appointed 24 November 1760; translated to Achonry 22 June 1776
1776 1779 Alexander Irwin Appointed 1 July 1776; died before 25 September 1779
1779 c.1812 Dominic Bellew Appointed 18 December 1779 and consecrated 1780; died circa 1812
1812 1814 See vacant
1814 1834 Peter Waldron Appointed 4 October 1814 and consecrated 24 February 1815; died 20 May 1834
1834 John MacHale Appointed coadjutor bishop (with right of succession) 12 February or 8 March 1825 and consecrated 5 June 1825; succeeded 27 May 1834; translated to Tuam 21 July 1834
1835 1847 Francis Joseph O'Finan, O.P. Appointed 13 February and consecrated in March 1835; died in December 1847
1848 1873 Tommaso Feeny Formally Titular Bishop of Ptolemais in Phoenicia; appointed 11 January 1848; died 9 August 1873; also known as Thomas Feeny
1873 1893 Hugh Conway Appointed coadjutor bishop (with right of succession) 21 November 1871 and consecrated 4 February 1872; succeeded 9 July 1873; died 23 April 1893
1893 1911 John Conmy Appointed coadjutor bishop (with right of succession) 25 May or June 1892 and consecrated 24 August 1892; succeeded 23 April 1893; died 26 August 1911
1911 1950 Jacob Naughton Appointed 27 November 1911 and consecrated 7 January 1912; died 16 February 1950
1950 1970 Patrick O’Boyle Appointed 12 December 1950 and consecrated 25 February 1951; retired 12 October 1970; died 25 November 1971
1970 1987 Thomas McDonnell Appointed 12 October and ordained bishop 13 December 1970; retired 21 January 1987; died 9 December 1987
1987 2002 Thomas Anthony Finnegan Appointed 3 May and ordained bishop 12 July 1987; retired 19 February 2002
2002 present John Fleming Appointed 19 February and ordained bishop 7 April 2002

Notes

  • A B  Redmond O'Gallagher was bishop of both successions when they were briefly reunited in the reign of Queen Mary I.

References

  1. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 359-360. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.  
  2. ^ Cotton, Henry (1850). The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 4, The Province of Connaught. Dublin: Hodges and Smith. pp. 61-66.  
  3. ^ Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984), Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II, New History of Ireland: Volume XI, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 328-330, ISBN 0198217455  
  4. ^ Fryde, ibid., p. 395.
  5. ^ Moody, ibid., pp. 436.
  6. ^ Cotton, ibid., pp. 66-67.
  7. ^ Fryde, ibid., pp. 433-434.
  8. ^ Moody, ibid., pp. 387-389.
  9. ^ Diocese of Killala. Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved on 14 September 2009.
  10. ^ Bishop Francis Kirwan. LibraryIreland. Retrieved on 14 September 2009.







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