Arthur Magennis Explained

Arthur Magennis was an Irish bishop in the sixteenth century:^[1] he was appointed Bishop of Dromore by the Pope^[2] in 1550.^[3] This was confirmed later that year by Edward VI.^[4]

Notes and References

1. “A New History of Ireland Vol XI: Maps, Genealogies, Lists” by Theodore William Moody, F. X. Martin, Francis John Byrne, Art Cosgrove: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976
2. ‘’Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes,’’ Eamon Duffy; p.215
3. Atkinson, W.E 'Dromore - An Ulster Diocese', P 11
4. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p280 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878