Eóin Ó Cuileannáin

John O'Cullenan, S.T.D. (Irish: Eóin Ó Cuileannáin; c. 1583–1661) was an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Raphoe from 1625 to 1661.

He was appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe by papal brief on 1 December [O.S. 21 November] 1621.^[1]^[2] Four years later, he was appointed Bishop of Raphoe on 9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1625, but was not consecrated until 1629.^[1]^[2]^[3] After having been held in prison in Derry for several years, Bishop O'Cullenan went into exile in March 1653.^[1]^[4]^[5]

He died in Brussels on 24 March 1661, aged about 78, and was interred in the chapel of the Virgin in the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula.^[1]^[2]^[5]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 441.
^ ^a ^b ^c Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 353.
^ "Bishop John O'Cullenan". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
^ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 441, fn. 2.
^ ^a ^b Brady 1876, The Episcopal Succession, volume 1, pp. 309–311.

Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. Volume 1. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. A New History of Ireland. Vol. Volume IX. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821745-5. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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