Bishop of Fore
The Bishop of was head of an historic Irish diocese,[1] firstly subsumed by the Diocese of Meath[2] and now within the Diocese of Meath and Kildare.
Its hub was the settlement of Fore, County Westmeath.[3]
| Bishops of Fore | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 745 | 765 | Suarlech | "Abbat and Bishop of Fore; died 27 March that year (Archdall ibid) |
| 765 | 766 | Ardgene | |
| unknown | 869 | Gnia | "Abbat and Bishop" (Archdall) |
| unknown | 882 | Ailioll | |
| unknown | 887 | Cormac | "also Coadjutor Bishop of Clonmacnoise" (Archdall) |
| unknown | 927 | Moel Poile | |
| Sources: [4][5][6] | |||
Senior clergy
[edit]The only recorded officer of the diocese below that of bishop is Cormac O'Ruadrach.[7]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ 'Monasticum Hibernicum; or, an history of the abbeys, priories, and other religious houses in Ireland' Archdall,M. (Dublin: printed for Luke White, 1786)
- ^ Cogan, Anthony (1862). The diocese of Meath: ancient and modern. Vol. 1. Dublin: J.F. Fowler.
- ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p149 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
- ^ Brady 1876, The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 2, pp. 127–128.
- ^ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 430 and 432–433.
- ^ Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, Maps, Genealogies, Lists, p. 362.
- ^ "Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society" p29: Dundalk, W.Tempest, 1904
Sources
[edit]- Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 3. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace.
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, Reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- 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. Vol. XI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.