Bishop of Fore explained
The Bishop of was head of an historic Irish diocese,[1] firstly subsumed by the Diocese of Meath[2] and now within the Diocese of Meath and Kildare.
Its hub was the settlement of Fore, County Westmeath.[3]
| Bishops of Fore |
|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|
| 745 | 765 | Suarlech | "Abbat and Bishop of Fore; died 27 March that year (Archdall ibid) |
| 765 | 766 | Ardgene |
| unknown | 869 | Gnia | "Abbat and Bishop" (Archdall) |
| unknown | 882 | Ailioll |
| unknown | 887 | Cormac | "also Coadjutor Bishop of Clonmacnoise" (Archdall) |
| unknown | 927 | Moel Poile |
| align=center colspan=4 | Sources: [4] [5] [6] | |
Senior clergy
The only recorded officer of the diocese below that of bishop is Cormac O'Ruadrach.[7]
References
Sources
- Book: Brady, W. Maziere . William Maziere Brady . The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875 . 1876 . Tipografia Della Pace . Rome . 3 .
- Book: Fryde . E. B. . Greenway . D. E. . Porter . S. . Roy . I. . Handbook of British Chronology . 3rd, Reprinted 2003 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 0-521-56350-X .
- Book: Moody . T. W. . Martin . F. X. . Byrne . F. J. . Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II . 1984 . Oxford University Press . New History of Ireland . XI . Oxford . 0-19-821745-5 .
External links
Notes and References
- 'Monasticum Hibernicum; or, an history of the abbeys, priories, and other religious houses in Ireland' Archdall,M. (Dublin: printed for Luke White, 1786)
- Book: Cogan, Anthony. The diocese of Meath: ancient and modern . 1. 1862. J.F. Fowler. Dublin .
- "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p149 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
- , The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 2, pp. 127–128.
- , Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 430 and 432–433.
- , Maps, Genealogies, Lists, p. 362.
- "Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society" p29: Dundalk, W.Tempest, 1904
