John MacSeonin Burke

John MacSeonin Burke, aka John de Burgo, O.S.A., Archbishop of Tuam 1441 to 1450.

Burke was a member of the Mac Seonin branch of the Bourke's of County Mayo, later anglacised as Jennings. Another notable member of this family was General Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine (1751-99).

The History of the Popes comments:

Some of the annalists call him "the Archbishop of Conaught, the son of the Parson, son of Mac Johnin Burke." He died in Galway in the year 1450.

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Preceded by
Tomás mac Muircheartaigh Ó Ceallaigh
Archbishop of Tuam
1441–1450
Succeeded by
Donatus Ó Muireadhaigh