Michael MacDonagh
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | My Lord |
Religious style | Bishop |
Michael MacDonagh, O.P. (1698–1746) was an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Kilmore from 1728 to 1746.
A Dominican friar, he was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Kilmore by the Holy See on 2 December 1728.[1][2][3] His episcopal ordination took place in the Palace of the Vatican on 12 December 1728; the principal consecrator was Pope Benedict XIII.[1][2][3]
Bishop MacDonagh returned to Ireland in 1730, but was forced to flee the country in 1739.[4] In a Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, held in Rome on 6 December 1740, he informed the cardinals that he had personally governed the see for nine years, but was incarcerated by Irish magistrates in July 1739.[4] As a Roman Catholic prelate, he would have incurred the penalties of high treason had he not been rescued from the hands of his jailers.[4] On making his escape to Dublin a reward of £200 was offered for his apprehension.[4] His cross, rings, books and papers had been taken from him to serve as evidences of his episcopal rank.[4]
He remained in exile until his death in Lisbon, Portugal on 26 November 1746, aged 48,[1][2][3] and was buried there in the church of Irish Dominicans.[4]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Michael McDonough, O.P.". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 436.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 349.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Brady 1876, The Episcopal Succession, volume 1, p. 285.
References
- Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Volume 1. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace.
- 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. Volume IX. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
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Preceded by Hugh MacMahon as Apostolic Administrator of Kilmore |
Bishop of Kilmore 1728 – 1746 |
Succeeded by Laurence Richardson as Bishop of Kilmore |