Diocese of Duleek explained

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
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
450489St CiananHe was descended from the royal blood of the kings of Munster. His feast day is 24 November
unknown778Feargus
unknown870Gnia"Abbat, Scribe, Anchorite and Bishop died in his 87th year" (Archdall)
unknown882Cormac"also Abbat of Clonard" ([Archdall (ibid))</small> |-valign=top bgcolor="#F7F0F2" |align=center|''unknown'' |align=center|902 |'''[[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

Archdeacons of Duleek
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
unknown904EochySon of Socaragusa (Archdall)
unknown953AengusSon of Moelbrighde (Archdall)
unknown870MureadachSon of M'Saergusa (Archdall)

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Notes and References

  1. 'Monasticum Hibernicum; or, an history of the abbeys, priories, and other religious houses in Ireland' Archdall, Mervyn (Dublin: printed for Luke White, 1786)
  2. Book: Cogan, Anthony. The diocese of Meath: ancient and modern . 1. 1862. J.F. Fowler. Dublin .
  3. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p149 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  4. Book: Brady, William Maziere . 1876 . The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 2 . 127–128.
  5. Book: Fryde . E.B. . Greenway . D.E. . Porter . S. . Roy . I. . 1986 . Handbook of British Chronology . 430, 432–433.
  6. Book: Moody . T.W. . Martin . F.X. . Byrne . F.J. . 1984 . Maps, Genealogies, Lists . 362.