Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise

The Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, one of the suffragan dioceses of the Archdiocese of Armagh. The episcopal title takes its name after the town of Ardagh in County Longford and the monastery of Clonmacnoise in County Offaly, Ireland.

The current incumbent is the Most Reverend Colm O'Reilly who was appointed by the Holy See on 24 February 1983 and ordained bishop on 10 April 1983.[1]

List of bishops

For earlier bishops, see Bishop of Ardagh and Bishop of Clonmacnoise.
List of Bishops of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise [2][3]
From Until Incumbent Notes
May–Aug 1756 Augustine Cheevers, O.S.A. Bishop of Ardagh since 1751; appointed Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise 30 May 1756; translated to Meath 7 August 1756
1756 1758 Anthony Blake Appointed 11 August 1756; translated to Armagh 21 August 1758
1758 1788 James Brady Appointed 21 August 1758; died 11 January 1788
1788 1812 John Cruise Appointed 10 June and consecrated 17 August 1788; died 28 June 1812
1815 1829 James Magauran Appointed 12 March 1815; died 3 June 1829
1829 1853 William O'Higgins Appointed 2 October and consecrated 30 November 1829; died 3 January 1853
1853 1867 John Kilduff Appointed 29 April and consecrated 29 June 1853; died 21 June 1867
1867 1870 Neale MacCabe, C.M. Appointed 29 November 1867 and consecrated 2 February 1868; died 22 July 1870
1871 1878 George Michael Conroy Appointed 19 February and consecrated 11 April 1871; died 4 August 1878
1879 1895 Bartholomew Woodlock Appointed 4 April and consecrated 1 June 1879; resigned 12 February 1895 and given the title in partibus of Bishop of Trapezopolis; died 13 December 1902
1895 1927 Joseph Hoare Appointed 8 February and consecrated 19 March 1895; died 14 April 1927
1927 1966 James Joseph MacNamee Appointed 20 June and consecrated 31 July 1927; died 24 April 1966
1967 1982 Cahal Brendan Daly Appointed 26 May and consecrated 16 July 1967; translated to Down and Connor 24 August 1982
1983 present Colm O'Reilly Appointed 24 February and consecrated 10 April 1983

References

  1. ^ "Bishop Colm O'Reilly". Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise. http://www.ardaghdiocese.org/page6.html. Retrieved 2009-05-11. 
  2. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 414. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 
  3. ^ "Diocese of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois)". Catholic Hierarchy. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/darda.html. Retrieved 2009-05-11.