Bishop of Clogher
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The Bishop of Clogher is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Clogher in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Following the Reformation, there are now parallel apostolic successions: one of the Church of Ireland and the other of the Roman Catholic Church.
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[edit] History
Clogher is one of the twenty-four dioceses established at the Synod of Ráth Breasail in 1111 and consists of much of south west Ulster, taking in most of counties Fermanagh and Monaghan and parts of Tyrone, Cavan, Leitrim and Donegal. Frequently in the Irish annals the Bishop of Clogher was styled the Bishop of Oirialla. Between circa 1140 to circa 1190, County Louth was transferred from the see of Armagh to the see of Clogher. During this period the Bishop of Clogher used the style Bishop of Louth. The title Bishop of Clogher was resumed after 1193, when County Louth was restored to the see of Armagh.
[edit] Present Ordinaries
- In the Church of Ireland
The present Church of Ireland bishop is the Right Reverend John Francis McDowell, who was appointed by the House of Bishops on 30 May 2011 and consecrated a bishop on 23 September[1]. The Church of Ireland bishop is unique in having two diocesan cathedrals within a single diocese, with one Dean and chapter between them: the Cathedral Church of Saint Macartan, Clogher and the Cathedral Church of Saint Macartin, Enniskillen.[2][3]
- In the Roman Catholic Church
The current Roman Catholic bishop is the Most Reverend Dr Joseph Duffy who was appointed by the Holy See on 7 July 1979 and ordained bishop on 2 September 1979.[4] Bishop Duffy's resignation was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI on 6 May 2010 who also named Monsignor Liam MacDaid to be his successor. Mgr MacDaid will assume governance of the diocese upon his Episcopal Ordiantion. The Roman Catholic bishop's seat (cathedra) is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Macartin, Monaghan.[5][6]
[edit] Pre-Reformation bishops
| Pre-Reformation Bishops of Clogher | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| Unknown | 1135 | Cináeth Ua Baígill | Died in office. |
| 1135 | 1138 | Christian of Clogher | Irish: Gilla Críst Ua Morgair; died in office. |
| 1138 | 1140 | Áed Ua Cáellaide | Edanus; Canon Regular; styled Bishop of Louth from 1140. |
| Bishops of Louth | |||
| 1140 | 1178 | Áed Ua Cáellaide | Resigned before May 1178; died 29 March 1182. |
| 1178 | 1186/87 | Mael Ísu Ua Cerbaill | Maelisu O'Carroll; Malachias; elected before 18 May 1178; also Archbishop of Armagh from 1184; died in office. |
| c. 1187 | 1193 | Gilla Críst Ua Mucaráin | Christianus; died in office. |
| Pre-Reformation Bishops of Clogher | |||
| 1194 | 1197 | Máel Ísu Ua Máel Chiaráin OCist | Died in office. |
| c. 1197 | 1218 | Gilla Tigernaig Mac Gilla Rónáin | Thomas; died in office. |
| c. 1218 | c. August 1227 | Donatus Ó Fidabra | Donat Fury; Donat O'Feery; translated to Armagh. |
| 1227 | 1240 | Nehemias Ó Brácáin OCist | Elected in September 1227; consecrated c. 1228; died in office before 15 November 1240. |
| 1240 | 1245 | Vacant | Probably due to the action by Donatus Archbishop of Armagh who was seeking to unite the two sees of Armagh and Clogher. |
| c. 1245 | 1267 | David Ó Brácáin OCist | Elected c. 1245; died in office. |
| 1268 | 1287 | Michael Mac an tSáir | Elected in 1268; consecrated 9 September 1268; resigned before 1287; died 1288. |
| 1287 | c. 1310 | Matthaeus Mac Cathasaig (older) | Elected in 1287; consecrated 29 June 1287; died in office. |
| fl. 1310 | c. 1316 | Henricus | Died in office. |
| c. 1316 | 1319 | Gelasius | Cornelius Ó Bánáin; elected and consecrated c. 1316; died in office. |
| 1320 | 1356 | Nicolaus Mac Cathasaigh | Elected 23 February 1320; consecrated in 1320; died in office. |
| 1356 | 1358 | Brian Mac Cathmhaoil | Bernardus; elected after September 1356; appointed c. 1357; died in office. |
| c. 1361 | Unknown | Matthaeus Mac Cathasaigh (younger) | Elected c. 1361; consecrated after February 1362;. |
| Unknown | 1369 | Aodh Ó hEóthaigh | Odo (or Hugh) Ó Neill; died 27 July 1369. |
| 1373 | c. 1389 | Johannes Ó Corcráin OSB | Johannes Würzburg; appointed 6 April 1373; died in office. |
| 1390 | 1432 | Art Mac Cathmhaoil | Appointed 15 February 1390; consecrated before 28 April 1390; died 10 August 1432. |
| 1433 | 1447 | Piaras Mag Uidhir | Petrus; appointed 31 August 1433; resigned before July 1447; died 5 December 1450. |
| 1447 | 1483 | Rossa mac Tomáis Óig Mág Uidhir | Rogerius; Ross Maguire; appointed 21 July 1447; consecrated before 6 January 1450; died in office. |
| 1475 | Florence Woolley OSB | Appointed 20 November 1475 on apparently the false news of Rossa's resignation; did not gain possession of the see; acted as a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Norwich from 1478 until his death in 1500. | |
| 1484 | Niall mac Séamuis Mac Mathghamhna | Appointed before 14 June 1484, but the papal bulls were not expedited; died 1488. | |
| 1484 | 1502 | John Edmund de Courcy OFM | Appointed 14 June 1484; papal bulls expedited 12 September 1484; also Bishop of Ross from 26 September 1492. |
| 1494 | Séamus mac Pilib Mac Mathghamhna | James McMahon; appointed 5 November 1494, but did take effect; became Bishop of Derry 26 November 1503. | |
| 1500 | 1502 | Andreas, coadjutor bishop | Appointed coadjutor to de Courcy, 10 June 1500; see declared void by the resignation of de Courcy when Ó Cluainín was appointed. |
| 1502 | 1503 | Nehemias Ó Cluainín OESA | Appointed 24 January 1502; resigned. |
| 1504 | 1504 | Giolla Pádraig Ó Connálaigh | Appointed 6 March 1504; died before December 1504; also known as Patricius. |
| 1505 | 1515 | Eoghan Mac Cathmhaoil | Eugenius; Owen McCaul; appointed 4 April 1505; died in office. |
| 1517 | 1534 | Pádraig Ó Cuilín OESA | Patrick O'Cullen; appointed 11 February 1517; died before 26 March 1534. |
| Source(s): [7][8] | |||
[edit] Post-Reformation bishops
[edit] Church of Ireland succession
| Church of Ireland Bishops of Clogher | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1535 | 1569 | Hugh O'Carolan | Papal appointment 6 August 1535; consecrated in January 1537; renounced papal appointment 1 October 1542; confirmed (re-appointed) by King Henry VIII 8 October 1542; died in office. |
| 1570 | 3 February 1571 | Miler Magrath | Roman Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor; accepted royal supremacy in 1567; appointed to Clogher by letters patent 18 September 1570; translated to Cashel. |
| 1571 | 1603 | Vacant | |
| 1603 | July 1603 | Denis Campbell | Dean of Limerick; nominated to Clogher, Derry and Raphoe in 1603, but died before consecration. |
| 1603 | 1605 | Vacant | |
| 1605 | 15 January 1621 | George Montgomery | Nominated 15 February 1605; letters patent 13 June 1605; also held Derry and Raphoe, 1605–1609 and Meath, 1609–1621; died in office. |
| 1621 | March 1645 | James Spottiswood | Nominated 20 January 1621; mandate for consecration 22 October 1621; died in office; his brother John was Archbishop of St Andrews, 1615–1639. |
| 1645 | 25 May 1661 | Henry Jones | Nominated 29 September and consecrated 9 November 1645; translated to Meath; his father Lewis was Bishop of Killaloe, 1633–1646. |
| 1661 | 8 September 1671 | John Leslie | Translated from Raphoe; nominated 29 April 1661; letters patent 17 June 1661; died in office. |
| 1671 | 10 August 1672 | Robert Leslie | Translated from Raphoe; letters patent 26 October 1671; died in office. |
| 1672 | 26 November 1687 | Roger Boyle | Translated from Down and Connor; nominated 29 August 1672; letters patent 19 September 1672; died in office. |
| 1687 | 1690 | Vacant | |
| 1691 | 25 June 1697 | Richard Tennison | Translated from Killala and Achonry; nominated 4 December 1690; letters patent 28 February 1691; translated to Meath. |
| 1697 | 25 February 1717 | St George Ashe | Translated from Cloyne; nominated 1 June 1697; letters patent 25 June 1697; translated to Derry. |
| 1717 | 6 June 1745 | John Stearne | Translated from Dromore; nominated 28 February 1717; letters patent 30 March 1717; died in office. |
| 1745 | 26 February 1758 | Robert Clayton | Translated from Cork and Ross; nominated 3 August 1745; letters patent 26 August 1745; died in office. |
| 1758 | 1 March 1782 | John Garnett | Translated from Ferns and Leighlin; nominated 14 March 1758; letters patent 4 April 1758; died in office. |
| 1782 | 3 November 1795 | John Hotham from 25 January 1794: Sir John Hotham, Baronet |
Translated from Ossory; nominated 11 April 1782; letters patent 17 May 1782; died in office. |
| 1796 | 1797 | William Foster | Translated from Kilmore; nominated 26 December 1795; letters patent 21 January 1796; died before 4 November 1797. |
| 30 December 1797 | 27 July 1819 | John Porter | Translated from Killala and Achonry; nominated 18 December 1797; letters 30 December 1797; died in office. |
| 1819 | 21 April 1820 | Lord John Beresford | Translated from Raphoe; nominated 29 August 1819; letters patent 25 September 1819; translated to Dublin. |
| 1820 | 21 October 1822 | The Hon Percy Jocelyn | Translated from Ferns and Leighlin; nominated and letters patent 3 April 1820; deprived 21 October 1822; died 2 December 1843. |
| 1822 | 28 April 1850 | Lord Robert Tottenham | Translated from Ferns and Leighlin; nominated 26 November 1822; letters patent 21 December 1822; died 28 April 1850; his father was Marquess of Ely. |
| 1850 | 1886 | From 1850 until 1886, the Diocese of Clogher was united to the Diocese of Armagh. | |
| 1886 | 31 December 1902 | Charles Stack | Elected 4 June and consecrated 29 June 1886; resigned; died 9 January 1914. |
| 1903 | 6 November 1907 | Charles D'Arcy | Elected 21 January and consecrated 24 February 1903; translated to Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin. |
| 1908 | 27 May 1923 | Maurice Day | Elected 19 December 1907; consecrated 25 January 1908; died in office. |
| 1923 | 30 September 1943 | James MacManaway | Elected 9 November and consecrated 6 August 1923; resigned; died 29 November 1947. |
| 1944 | 6 April 1958 | Richard Tyner | Elected 9 November 1943; consecrated 6 January 1944; died in office. |
| 1958 | 22 November 1969 | Alan Buchanan | Elected 17 June and consecrated 29 September 1958; translated to Dublin. |
| 1970 | 31 March 1973 | Richard Hanson | Elected 9 December 1969; consecrated 17 March 1970; resigned. |
| 1973 | 1980 | Robert Heavener | Elected and consecrated in 1973; retired; died 8 March 2005.[9] |
| 1980 | 1986 | Gordon McMullan | Elected 13 June and consecrated 7 September 1980; translated to Down and Dromore.[10] |
| 1986 | 5 October 2001 | Brian Hannon | Elected and consecrated in 1986; retired.[11] |
| 2002 | 8 May 2011 | Michael Jackson | Elected 21 November 2001; consecrated 6 March 2002; translated to Dublin & Glendalough. |
| 2011 | present | John McDowell | Appointed by the House of Bishops 30 May 2011; consecrated 23 September.[12] |
| Source(s): [13][14] | |||
[edit] Roman Catholic succession
| Roman Catholic Bishops of Clogher | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1546 | c. 1560 | Raymund MacMahon | Appointed 27 August 1546; died in office. |
| 1560 | c. 1592 | Cornelius MacArdel | Appointed 29 May 1560; died in office. |
| 1592 | 1609 | Vacant | |
| 1609 | 2 May 1611 | Eugene Matthews | Appointed 31 August 1609; translated to Dublin. |
| 1611 | 1622 | Vacant | |
| 1622 | c. 1627 | Patrick Quinn | Appointed vicar apostolic to administer the see by papal brief 30 July 1622. |
| 1627 | 10 March 1642 | Heber MacMahon | Appointed vicar apostolic to administer the see by papal brief 17 November 1627; translated to Down and Connor. |
| 27 June 1643 | 17 July 1650 | Heber MacMahon (again) | Translated from Down and Connor; died in office. |
| 1651 | c. 1671 | Philip Crolly | Appointed vicar apostolic to administer the see by papal brief 15 November 1651 and re-appointed 17 April 1657. |
| 1671 | 1 August 1675 | Patrick Duffy OFM | Appointed 26 May 1671; died in office. |
| 1676 | 24 January 1689 | Patrick Tyrrell OFM | Appointed 13 May 1676; also became apostolic administrator of Kilmore 1678–1689; translated to Meath. |
| 1689 | 1707 | Vacant | |
| 1707 | 5 July 1715 | Hugh MacMahon | Appointed 15 March 1707; translated to Armagh. |
| 1715 | 1727 | Vacant | |
| 1727 | 8 November 1737 | Bernard MacMahon | Appointed 7 April 1727; translated to Armagh. |
| 1738 | 3 August 1747 | Ross MacMahon | Appointed 17 May 1738; translated to Armagh. |
| 1747 | 24 March 1778 | Daniel O’Reilly | Appointed 11 September 1747; died in office. |
| 24 March 1778 | 3 November 1801 | Hugh O'Reilly | Coadjutor since 16 May 1777; died in office. |
| 3 November 1801 | 19 November 1824 | James Murphy | Coadjutor since May 1798; died in office. |
| 19 November 1824 | 20 February 1844 | Edward Kernan | Coadjutor since 18 August 1816; consecrated 11 (or 12) April 1818; died in office. |
| 20 February 1844 | 20 November 1864 | Charles McNally | Coadjutor sdince 1 July 1843; consecrated 5 November 1843; died in office. |
| 1864 | 29 December 1893 | James Donnelly | Appointed 11 December 1864; consecrated 26 February 1865; died in office. |
| 1894 | 3 March 1909 | Richard Owens | Appointed 6 July 1894; consecrated 26 August 1894; died in office. |
| 1909 | 7 February 1942 | Patrick McKenna | Appointed 12 June 1909; consecrated 10 October 1909; died in office. |
| 1943 | 3 December 1969 | Eugene O'Callaghan | Appointed 17 February 1943; consecrated 4 April 1943; resigned; died 21 May 1973. |
| 1969 | 3 September 1979 | Patrick Mulligan | Appointed 3 December 1969; consecrated 18 January 1870; resigned; 21 January 1991. |
| 1979 | 6 May 2010 | Joseph Duffy | Appointed 7 July 1979; consecrated 2 September 1979; resigned. |
| 2010 | present | Liam MacDaid | Appointed 6 May 2010. |
| Source(s): [15][16] | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://ireland.anglican.org/news/3758
- ^ "St. Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen". Church of Ireland. http://clogher.anglican.org/index.php?p=cathedrals. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
- ^ "St. Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen". enniskillencathedral.com. http://www.enniskillencathedral.com/. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
- ^ "Most Rev Joseph Duffy, Bishop of Clogher". Diocese of Clogher (Roman Catholic). http://www.clogherdiocese.ie/bishop-joseph-duffy. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
- ^ "St. Macartan's Cathedral (Monaghan)". Parish of Monaghan and Rackwallace . http://www.monaghan-rackwallace.ie/parish-churches/cathedral. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
- ^ "St. Macartin's Cathedral, Monaghan". ARCHiSEEK. http://ireland.archiseek.com/buildings_ireland/monaghan/monaghan/stmacartans.html. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
- ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 337–339. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ^ Cotton, Henry (1849). The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 3, The Province of Ulster. Dublin: Hodges and Smith. pp. 73–77.
- ^ "Standing Committee News - March 2005". Church of Ireland. 15-03-2005. http://www.ireland.anglican.org/index.php?do=news&newsid=843.
- ^ Neill, Matthew (1995). "Rt Rev Gordon McMullan". Ecclesia De Drum: Recollections of the Parish of Drumbeg, Diocese of Down. http://lisburn.com/books/drumbeg/drumbeg2.html#mcmullan. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
- ^ "Clogher Diocese says farewell to retiring bishop". Church of Ireland. 15-03-2005. http://www.ireland.anglican.org/archives/pressreleases/prarchive2001/hanpres.html.
- ^ http://ireland.anglican.org/news/3758
- ^ Fryde, ibid., pp. 382-383.
- ^ Cotton, ibid., pp. 77-84.
- ^ Fryde, ibid., p. 418.
- ^ "Diocese of Clogher". Catholic Hierarchy. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dclog.html. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
