Bishop of Clogher
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The Bishop of Clogher is the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland Diocese of Clogher.
The Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic Church each have a Diocese of Clogher and each its own diocesan bishop and hierarchy.
The Diocese is Clogher 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, Ennsikillen.
The diocese covers much of south west Ulster, taking in most of Fermanagh and Monaghan and parts of Cavan, Leitrim and Donegal. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Michael Jackson.
For details of the Roman Catholic bishops see Bishop of Clogher (Roman Catholic)
[edit] List of pre-reformation Bishops of Clogher
The details of the earlier bishops vary considerably between sources.
Note: Moelisa is probably a nickname, and means the servant of Christ
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ???? to ???? | Macartin | Saint Macartin |
| ???? to ?ante506 | Tigernach | Saint Tigernach |
| ???? to ?ante550 | Sinell | Saint Sinell |
| ???? to ???? | Feidlimid | |
| ???? to ?ante571 | Laserian | Saint Laserian |
| ???? to ???? | Aidan | Became Bishop of Lindisfarne; Saint Aidan |
| ???? to ???? | Airmeadach | |
| ???? to ?ante731 | Foeldobar | |
| ???? to ?ante898 | Ailill | |
| ???? to ?ante929 | Cenfail | Saint Cenfail |
| 1126 to 1139 | Christian O’Morgair | |
| 1139 to 1182 | Edan O’Kelly | |
| 1182 to 1184 | Moelisa O’Carol | Translated to Armagh |
| 1184 to 1191 | Christian O’Macturan | Abbot of Clonmacnois |
| 1191 to 1195 | Moelisa Mac-Mail-Ciaran | Abbot of Mellifont; surname lost – nickname means son of the servant of Saint Kieran |
| 1195 to 1218 | Tigernach MacGilla Ronan | |
| 1218 to 1227 | Donato Fidatra | Translated to Armagh |
| 1227 to 1240 | Nehemiah O’Brogan | |
| 1240 to 1268 | David O’Brogan | |
| 1268 to 1287 | Michael MacAntsair | Archdeacon |
| 1287 to 1316 | Matthew MacCatusaid I. | Chancellor of Armagh |
| 1316 to 1320 | Gelasius O’Banan | |
| 1320 to 1356 | Nicholas MacCatasaid | Archdeacon |
| 1356 to 1361 | Bernard MacCamaill | Archdeacon |
| ???? to 1370 | Odo O’Neal | Chancellor of Armagh |
| 1370 to 1389 | O’Corcroin | |
| 1389 to 1432 | Arthur MacCamaill | Archdeacon |
| 1432 to 1449 | Peter Macguire | Archdeacon |
| 1449 to 1485 | Roger Macguire | |
| 1485 to ???? | Edmund Courcy | Translated to Ross |
| ???? to ???? | vacant | For 8 years |
| ???? to 1502 | Nehemiah Clonin | Resigned |
| 1504 to 1505 | Patrick O’Conolly | Abbot of SS Peter and Paul, Clonmacnois |
| 1505 to c.1514 | Eugene Mac Camoeil | Dean |
| c.1514 to 1519 | vacant | For 4 years |
| 1519 to c.1534 | Patrick Cullin | |
| c.1534 to 1542 | vacant | For 8 years |
| 1542 to 1570 | Hugh O’Cervallan |
[edit] Post-reformation Church of Ireland See of Clogher
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1570 to 1571 | Miler Magrath | First protestant bishop; translated to Cashel |
| 1570 to 1605 | vacant | |
| 1605 to 1621 | George Montgomery | Dean of Norwich; also Bishop of Derry and Raphoe then, after resigning these, Bishop of Meath |
| 1621 to 1645 | James Spottiswood | |
| 1645 to 1661 | Henry Jones | Dean of Ardagh; translated to Meath |
| 1661 to 1671 | John Lesley | Tranlated from Raphoe |
| 1671 to 1672 | Robert Lesley | Translated from Raphoe |
| 1672 to 1691 | Roger Boyle | Translated from Down & Connor |
| 1691 to 1697 | Richard Tennison | Translated from Killala & Achonry; translated to Meath |
| 1697 to 1717 | George Ash | Translated from Cloyne; translated to Derry; Saint George Ash |
| 1717 to 1745 | John Sterne | Translated from Dromore |
| 1745 to 1758 | Robert Clayton | Translated from Cork & Ross |
| 1758 to 1782 | John Garnet | Translated from Leighlin & Ferns |
| 1782 to 1796 | John Hotham | Translated from Ossory |
| 1796 to 1798 | William Foster | Translated from Kilmore |
| 1798 to 1819 | John Porter | Translated from Killala |
| 1819 to 1820 | Lord John George de la Poer Beresford | Translated from Raphoe; translated to Dublin |
| 1820 to 1822 | The Honourable Percy Jocelyn | Translated from Leighlinbridge |
| 1822 to 1850 | Lord Robert Ponsonby Tottenham | Translated from Ferns & Leighlin |
| 1850 | See united to Armagh | |
| 1850 to 1862 | LordGeorge John de la Poer Beresford, Archbishop of Armagh and Bishop of Clogher | Hitherto Archbishop of Armagh |
| 1862 to 1886 | Marcus Gervaise Beresford, Archbishop of Armagh and Bishop of Clogher | Died in office |
| 1886 | See separated from Armagh | |
| 1886 | Charles Maurice Slack | Consecrated 29 June 1886 |
| 1850 to ???? | ||
| 2002 to present | Michael Jackson | Consecrated 6 March 2002 |
[edit] Sources
Haydn's Book of Dignities, (1894) Joseph Haydn/Horace Ockerby, reprinted 1969
