Dominic de Burgo explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Most Reverend
Dominic de Burgo
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Term:1671–1691
Predecessor:See vacant
Successor:See vacant
Consecration:1671
Birth Name:Dominic Burke
Birth Date:c.1622
Birth Place:Craughwell, County Galway, Ireland
Death Place:Louvain
Nationality:Irish

Dominic de Burgo (; ; –1 January 1704) was an Irish Roman Catholic cleric who was Bishop of Elphin in the late 17th century (1671–1691).

Early life

Burke or de Burgo, was a native of Craughwell, County Galway, listed by Hugh Fenning as Of the family of Cahirkinvonivy. He was a descendant of the House of Burgh: the surname "de Burgo" is the Latinised form of this name (with the gaelicised form being de Búrca or Búrc).[1]

Career

de Burgo was professed at Athenry in 1648 and studied for six years in Segovia, later living in Pesaro, Treviso and Milan. He was listed as Definitor for Ireland at the General Chapter at Rome in 1670.

He was consecrated as Bishop of Elphin at Ghent in 1671, he was disliked by Oliver Plunkett, who stated he was "extravagant, imprudent in word and deed." He was exiled in 1691, living in poverty with the Franciscans of St. Anthony's, Louvain, where he died on 1 January 1704.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Woulfe, Patrick . Irish Names and Surnames . M. H. Gill & Sons Ltd . 1923 . Dublin . en, Irish.
  2. Web site: Bishop Dominic Burke [Catholic-Hierarchy] ]. 2024-04-05 . www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
  3. Web site: Burke, Dominic . Dictionary of Irish Biography . 2021-12-21 . Royal Irish Academy . Ó Floinn . Tomás S. R.. October 2009 . 10.3318/dib.001154.v1 .