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Description of arms. Azure, an episcopal staff argent, ensigned with a cross pattée or, surmounted by a pallium of the second edged and fringed or, charged with five crosses formée fitchée, sable.

Dublin and Glendalough

BISHOPS

Sinhail 790

c.1028 Dunan [Donatus]

1074 Gilla Patraic

1085 Donngus

1096 Samuel Ua'h-Aingliu

ARCHBISHOPS

1121 Grene [Gregorius]

1162 Lorcan Ua’Tuathail [Laurentius]

1182 John Cumin

1213 Henry de Loundres

Glendalough united to Dublin

1230 Luke

125?  Fulk de Sandford

1279 John de Derlington

1286 John de Sandford

1295 Thomas de Chadworth

1296 William de Hotham

1299 Richard de Ferings

[1307 Richard de Havering, not consecrated]

1311 John de Leche

1317 Alexander de Bicknor

1349 John de St Paul

1363 Thomas Minot

1376 Robert de Wikeford

1391 Robert Waldeby

1396 Richard Northalis

1397 Thomas Cranley

1418 Richard Talbot

1451 Michael Tregury

1472 John Walton

1484 Walter Fitzsimons

1512 William Rokeby

1521 Hugh Inge

1529 John Alan

1535 George Browne

1555 Hugh Curwin

1567 Adam Loftus

1605 Thomas Jones

1619 Lancelot Bulkeley

1661 James Margetson

1663 Michael Boyle

1679 John Parker

1682 Francis Marsh

1694 Narcissus Marsh

1703 William King

1730 John Hoadly

1743 Charles Cobbe

1765 William Carmichael

1766 Arthur Smyth

1772 John Cradock

1779 Robert Fowler

1801 Charles Agar [Earl of Normanton]

1809 Euseby Cleaver

1820 John George Beresford

1822 William Magee

1831 Richard Whately

Kildare united to Dublin 1846

1864 Richard Chenevix Trench (resigned)

1885 William Conyngham [Lord Plunket]

1897 Joseph Ferguson Peacocke

1915 John Henry Bernard

1919 Charles Frederick D’Arcy

1920 John Allen Fitzgerald Gregg

1939 Arthur William Barton

1956 George Otto Simms

1969 Alan Alexander Buchanan

1977 Henry Robert McAdoo

1985 Donald Arthur Richard Caird

1996 Walton Newcome Francis Empey

2002 John Robert Winder Neill

2011 Michael Geoffrey St Aubyn Jackson

 

Emly

   Raidghil 881

   Ua Ruaich 953

   Faelan 980

   MaelFinan 1030

   Diarmait Ua Flainnchua 1114

1152 Gilla in Choimhded Ua h-Ardmhail Mael Isu Ua Laigenain 1163

1172 Ua Meic Stia

1177 Charles O'Buacalla

1177 Isaac O'Hamery

1192 Ragnall Ua Flainnchua

1205 M.

1209 William

1212 Henry

1227 John Collingham

1238 Daniel

1238 Christianus

1251 Gilbert O'Doverty

1266 Florence or Laurence O'hAirt

1272 Matthew MacGormain

1275 David O Cossaig

1286 William de Clifford

1306 Thomas Cantock [Quantock]

1309 William Roughead

1335 Richard le Walleys

1353 John Esmond

1363 David Penlyn [Foynlyn]

1363 William

1405 Nicholas Ball

1421 John Rishberry

1422 Robert Windell

1428 Thomas de Burgo

1428 Robert Portland

1445 Cornelius O Cuinnlis

1444 Robert

1448 Cornelius O Maolalaidh

1449 William O Hetigan

1476 Pilib O Cathail

1494 Donatus Mac Briain

1498 Cinneidigh Mac Briain

1507 Tomas O hUrthaille

1543 Angus O'Hernan

1551 Raymond de Burgo

United to Cashel 1569

Transferred to Limerick 1976

 

Ferns

–598 Edan [or Maedoc or Hugh]

   Maeldogair 676

   Coman 678

   Diratus 693

   Cillenius 715

   Cairbre O'Kearney 1095

   Ceallach Ua Colmain 1117

   Mael Eoin Ua Dunacain 1125

   Ua Cattain 1135

1178 Loseph Ua h-Aeda

1186 Ailbe Ua Maelmuaid [Albinus]

1224 John of St John

1254 Geoffrey of St John

1258 Hugh of Lamport

1283 Richard of Northampton

1304 Simon of Evesham

1305 Robert Walrand

1312 Adam of Northampton

1347 Hugh de Saltu [of Leixlip]

1347 Geoffrey Grandfeld

1349 John Esmond

1350 William Charnells

1363 Thomas Dene

1400 Patrick Barret

1418 Robert Whittey

1453 Tadhg O Beirn

1457 John Purcell I

1479 Laurence Nevill

1505 Edmund Comerford

1510 Nicholas Comyn

1519 John Purcell II

1539 Alexander Devereux

1566 John Devereux

1582 Hugh Allen

Leighlin united to Ferns 1597

1600 Robert Grave

1601 Nicholas Statford

1605 Thomas Ram

1635 George Andrews

1661 Robert Price

1667 Richard Boyle

1683 Narcissus Marsh

1691 Bartholomew Vigors

1722 Josiah Hort

1727 John Hoadly

1730 Arthur Price

1734 Edward Synge

1740 George Stone

1743 William Cottrell

1744 Robert Downes

1752 John Garnet

1758 William Carmichael

1758 Thomas Salmon

1759 Richard Robinson

1761 Charles Jackson

1765 Edward Young

1772 Joseph Deane Bourke

1782 Walter Cope

1787 William Preston

1789 Euseby Cleaver

1809 Percy Jocelyn

1820 Robert Ponsonby Tottenham Loftus

1822 Thomas Elrington

United to Ossory 1835

 

Glendalough

   Dairchell 678

   Eterscel 814

   Dungal 904

   Cormac 927

   Nuadha 920 [or Neva]

   Gilda Na Naomh c.1080

   Cormac O'Mail 1101

   Aed Ua Modain 1126

1140 Anonymous

1152 Gilla na Naem

1157 Cinaed O Ronain [Celestinus]

1176 Maelcallann Ua Cleirchen [Malchus]

1186 Macrobius

1192 William Piro

1214 Robert de Bedford

United to Dublin

After the union with Dublin some rival bishops appear.

c.1216 Bricheus

1468 John

1475 Michael

1481 Denis White John 1494

1494 Ivo Ruffi

1495 John

1500 Francis Fitzjohn of Corduba

 

Iniscattery (Scattery Island)

 861 Aidan

 959 Cinaeda O'Chommind

 973 Scandlam O'Lenz

   O'Bruil 1069

   O'Bruil II 1081

   Dermot O Lennain 1119

   Aed Ua Bechain I 1188

   Cearbhal Ua'h-Enna [Carolus] 1193

1360 Tomas Mac Mathghamhna

1392 John Donkan

1414 Richard Belmer

   Dionysius 1447

1447 John Grene

Incorporated with Limerick

 

Kells

   Mael Finnen 968

c.1152 Tuathal Ua Connachtarg

1185 Anonymous

1202 M. Ua Dobailen

Incorporated with Meath

 

Kildare

   Conlaedh 520

   Hugh [or Hed] the Black 639

   Maeldoborcon 709

   Eutigern 762

   Lomthiull 787

   Snedbran 787

   Tuatchar 834

   Orthanach 840

   Aedgene Britt 864

   Macnghal 870

   Lachtnan 875

   Suibhne 881

   Scannal 885

   Lergus 888

   Mael Findan 950

   Annchadh 981

   Murrough McFlan 986

1030 MaelMartain

   MaelBrighde 1042

   Finn 1085

   MaelBrighde O Brolchan 1097

   Hugh [Heremon] 1100

   Ferdomnach 1101

   Cormac O Cathassaig 1146

   Ua Duibhin 1148

1152 Finn mac Mael Muire Mac Cianain

   Fin mac Gussain Ua Gormain

1161 Malachias Ua Brain

1177 Nehemias

1206 Cornelius Mac Fealain

1223 Ralph of Bristol

1233 John of Taunton

1258 Simon of Kilkenny

1280 Nicholas Cusack

1300 Walter Calf [de Veel]

1333 Richard Houlot

1352 Thomas Giffard

1366 Robert of Aketon [Acton]

1404 John Madock

1431 William fitzEdward

1449 Geoffrey Hereford

1456 John Bole [Bull]

1464 Richard Lang

1474 David Cone

1475 James Wall

   William Barret

1480 Edward Lane

1526 Thomas Dillon

1529 Walter Wellesley

1540 William Miagh

1550 Thomas Lancaster

1555 Thomas Leverous

1560 Alexander Craik

1564 Robert Daly

1583 Daniel Neylan

1604 William Pilsworth

1636 Robert Ussher

1644 William Golborne

1661 Thomas Price

1667 Ambrose Jones

1679 Anthony Dopping

1682 William Moreton

1705 Welbore Ellis

1731 Charles Cobbe

1743 George Stone

1745 Thomas Fletcher

1761 Richard Robinson

1765 Charles Jackson

1790 George Lewis Jones

1804 Charles Lindsay

United to Dublin after the death of Bp Lindsay in 1846

1976 Separated from Dublin and united to Meath

 

Kilfenora

1172 Anonymous

1205 F.

1224 Johannes

1254 Christianus

   Anonymous 1264

1266 Mauricius

1273 Florentius O Tigernaig

1281 Congalach [O Lochlainn]

1291 G.

1299 Simon O Cuirrin

1303 Maurice O Briain

1323 Risdeard O Lochlainn

c.1355 Dionysius

1372 Henricus

   Cornelius

1390 Patricius

1421 Feidhlimidh mac Mathghamhna O Lochlainn [Florentius]

1433 Fearghal

1434 Dionysius O Connmhaigh

1447 John Greni

1476 [? Denis] O Tombaigh

1491 Muircheartach mac Murchadha O Briain [Mauricius]

1514 Maurice O'Kelly

1541 John O'Neylan

–1585 Daniel, bishop-elect

1606 Bernard Adams [with Limerick q.v.]

1617 John Steere

1622 William Murray

[1628 Richard Betts, not consecrated]

1630 James Heygate

1638 Robert Sibthorp

1661–1741 Held by the Archbishops of Tuam

1742–52 Held by the Bishop of Clonfert

United to Killaloe 1752

 

Killaloe

BISHOPS

   O'Gerruidher 1054

   Domnall Ua hEnna 1098

   Mael Muire O Dunain 1117

   Domnall Ua Conaing 1131

   Domnall Ua Longargain 1137

   Tadg Ua Longargain 1161

   Donnchad mac Diarmata Ua

   Briain 1164

1179 Constantin mac Toirrdelbaig Ua Briain

1194 Diarmait Ua Conaing

1201 Conchobhar Ua h-Enna [Cornelius]

1217 Robert Travers

1221 Domnall Ua h-Enna [Donatus]

1231 Domnall O Cenneitig [Donatus]

1253 Isoc O Cormacain [Isaac]

1268 Mathgamain O h-Ocain [O Hogan]

1281 Maurice O h-Ocain

1299 David Mac Mathghamna [Mac Mahon]

1317 Tomas O Cormacain I

1323 Brian O Cosgraig

1326 David Mac Briain [David of Emly]

?1326 Natus O Heime

1343 Tomas O h-Ogain

1355 Tomas O Cormacain II

1389 Mathghamain Mag Raith

1400 Donatus Mag Raith

1409 Robert Mulfield

1418 Eugenius O Faolain

1423 Thadeus Mag Raith I

1429 Seamus O Lonnghargain

1443 Donnchadh mac Toirdhealbhaigh O Briain

1460 Thadeus Mag Raith II

1463 Matthaeus O Griobhtha

1483 Toirdhealbhach mac Mathghamhna O Briain [Theodoricus]

1523 Thadeus

1526 Seamus O Cuirrin

1546 Cornelius O Dea

1554 Turlough [or Terence] O'Brien II

1570 Maurice [or Murtagh] O'Brien-Arra

1613 John Rider

1633 Lewis Jones

1647 Edward Parry

1661 Edward Worth

1669 Daniel Wytter

1675 John Roan

1693 Henry Ryder

1696 Thomas Lindsay

1713 Thomas Vesey

1714 Nicholas Forster

1716 Charles Carr

1740 Joseph Story

1742 John Ryder

1743 Jemmet Browne

1745 Richard Chenevix

1746 Nicholas Synge

Kilfenora united to Killaloe 1752

1771 Robert Fowler

1779 George Chinnery

1780 Thomas Barnard

1794 William Knox

1803 Charles Dalrymple Lindsay

1804 Nathaniel Alexander

1804 Robert Ponsonby Tottenham Loftus

1820 Richard Mant

1823 Alexander Arbuthnot

1828 Richard Ponsonby

1831 Edmund Knox [with Clonfert]

Clonfert united to Killaloe 1834

Kilmacduagh united to Killaloe 1834

1834 Christopher Butson

1836 Stephen Crengh Sandes

1839 Ludlow Tonson [afterwards Baron Riversdale]

1862 William FitzGerald

1884 William Bennet Chester

1893 Frederick Richards Wynne

1897 Mervyn Archdall

1912 Charles Benjamin Dowse

1913 Thomas Sterling Berry (resigned)

1924 Henry Edmund Patton

1943 Robert M’Neil Boyd

1945 Hedley Webster

1953 Richard Gordon Perdue

1957 Henry Arthur Stanistreet

1972 Edwin Owen

1976 United to Limerick

 

Kilmacduagh

    ? Ua Cleirig 1137

   Imar Ua Ruaidin 1176

   Rugnad O'Rowan 1178

1179 Mac Gilla Cellaig Ua Ruaidin

1206 Ua Cellaig

   Mael Muire O Connmaig 1224

1227 Aed [Odo]

   Conchobhar O Muiredaig 1247

1248 Gilla Cellaig O Ruaidin [Gilbertus]

1249 David yFredrakern

1254 Mauricius O Leaain

1284 David O Setachain

1290 Luirint O Lachtnain [Laurentius]

1307 Lucas

1326 Johannes

1360 Nicol O Leaain

1394 Gregory O Leaain

1405 Enri O Connmhaigh

1409 Dionysius

1409 Eugene O Faolain

1418 Diarmaid O Donnchadha

1419 Nicol O Duibhghiolla

1419 Seaan O Connmhaigh

1441 Dionysius O Donnchadha

1479 Cornelius O Mullony

1503 Matthaeus O Briain

1533 Christopher Bodkin

1573 Stephen O'Kirwan

[1584 Thomas Burke, not consecrated]

1587 Roland Lynch

1627–1836 Held in commendam by the Bishops of Clonfert

United to Killaloe since 1834

 

Leighlin

–633 Laserian or Molaise

–865 Mainchin

–940 Conella McDonegan Daniel 969

   Cleitic O'Muinic 1050

c.1096 Ferdomnac

   Mael Eoin Ua Dunacain 1125

   Sluaigedach Ua Cathain 1145

1152 Dungal O Caellaide

1192 Johannes

1197 Johannes

1202 Herlewin

1217 Richard [Fleming]

1228 William le Chauniver

1252 Thomas

1275 Nicholas Chever

1309 Maurice de Blanchville

1321 Meiler le Poer

1344 Radulphus O Ceallaigh

1349 Thomas of Brakenberg

1360 Johannes

1362 William (not consecrated)

1363 John Young

1371 Philip FitzPeter

1385 John Griffin

1398 Thomas Peverell

1400 Richard Bocomb

1419 John Mulgan

1432 Thomas Fleming

 — Diarmaid 1464

1464 Milo Roche

1490 Nicholas Magwyr

1513 Thomas Halsey

1524 Mauricius O Deoradhain

1527 Matthew Sanders

1550 Robert Travers

1555 Thomas O'Fihelly

1567 Donnell or Daniel Cavanagh

1589 Richard Meredith

United to Ferns since 1597 on the death of Bp Meredith