Dermot O'Cleary explained

Type:bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Dermot O'Cleary
Bishop of Mayo
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Diocese of Mayo
Term:1574–1575
Successor:Patrick O'Healy
Consecration:12 March 1574
Consecrated By:Giulio Antonio Santorio
Death Date:1575
Death Place:County Mayo, Ireland

Dermot O'Cleary, O.F.M. or Dermitius Oclieria (died 1575) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Mayo (1574–1575).[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Biography

Dermot O'Cleary was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 12 February 1574, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Mayo. On 12 March 1574, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Giovanni Battista Santorio, Bishop of Alife, and Giuseppe Pamphilj, Bishop of Segni, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Mayo until his death in 1575.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bocleary.html "Bishop Dermot O'Cleary, O.F.M."
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dm548.html "Diocese of Mayo"
  3. Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 3, p. 232
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=zcgxEvGAK_kC&dq=bishop+Dermot+O%27Dwyer&pg=PA438 Handbook of British Chronology
  5. http://mayoabbey.ie/community-council/diocese_of_mayo.html Mayo Abbey Community Council: "DIOCESE OF MAYO"