Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Maurice MacBrien | |
Bishop of Emly | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Term: | 1567–1586 |
Predecessor: | Raymund Burke |
Successor: | Maurice Hurley (bishop) |
Consecration: | 7 October 1571 |
Consecrated By: | Scipione Rebiba |
Death Date: | 1586 |
Death Place: | Emly, Ireland |
Maurice MacBrien (died 1586) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Emly (1567–1586).[1] [2] [3]
On 24 January 1567, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Emly. On 7 October 1571, he was consecrated bishop by Scipione Rebiba, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere. with Umberto Locati, Bishop of Bagnoregio, and Eustachio Locatelli, Bishop of Reggio Emilia, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Emly until his death in 1586.