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 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))</small>
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|'''[[Colman (Bishop of Duleek)|Colman]]|-valign=top bgcolor="white"|align=center|unknown|align=center|927|Tuathal|"Son of Oenecan" |-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"|align=center|unknown|align=center|941|Caon Combrach|-valign=top bgcolor="white"|align=center|unknown|align=center|1117|Giolla Mochua|-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2"|align=center colspan=4|Sources: [4] [5] [6] |}Other Senior Clergy
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