Diocese of Duleek
The Diocese of Duleek was an Irish diocese,[1] firstly subsumed by the Diocese of Meath[2] and now within the Diocese of Meath and Kildare.
It began as an early Christian monastic settlement. St Patrick established the bishopric circa 450 AD.[3]
Bishops
Bishops of Duleek | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
450 | 489 | St Cianan | He was descended from the royal blood of the kings of Munster. His feast day is 24 November |
unknown | 778 | Feargus | |
unknown | 870 | Gnia | "Abbat, Scribe, Anchorite and Bishop died in his 87th year" (Archdall) |
unknown | 882 | Cormac | "also Abbat of Clonard" ([Archdall (ibid)) |
unknown | 902 | Colman | |
unknown | 927 | Tuathal | "Son of Oenecan" |
unknown | 941 | Caon Combrach | |
unknown | 1117 | Giolla Mochua | |
Sources: [4][5][6] |
Other Senior Clergy
Archdeacons of Duleek | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
unknown | 904 | Eochy | Son of Socaragusa (Archdall) |
unknown | 953 | Aengus | Son of Moelbrighde (Archdall) |
unknown | 870 | Mureadach | Son of M'Saergusa (Archdall) |
See also
References
- 'Monasticum Hibernicum; or, an history of the abbeys, priories, and other religious houses in Ireland' Archdall, Mervyn (Dublin: printed for Luke White, 1786)
- Cogan, Anthony (1862). The diocese of Meath: ancient and modern. 1. Dublin: J.F. Fowler.
- "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p149 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
- Brady 1876 , The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 2, pp. 127–128.
- Fryde et al. 1986 , Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 430 and 432–433.
- Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984 , Maps, Genealogies, Lists, p. 362.
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