Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Maurice MacGibbon | |
Archbishop of Cashel | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Cashel |
Term: | 1567–1578 |
Predecessor: | Roland Baron Fitzgerald |
Successor: | Dermot O'Hurley |
Consecration: | 15 June 1567 |
Consecrated By: | Egidio Valenti |
Death Date: | 1578 |
Death Place: | Cashel, Ireland |
Maurice MacGibbon, O. Cist. (died 1578) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Cashel (1567–1578).[1] [2] [3] [4]
Maurice MacGibbon was ordained a priest in the Cistercian Order.On 4 June 1567, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Archbishop of Cashel.On 15 June 1567, he was consecrated bishop by Egidio Valenti, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, with Thomas Goldwell, Bishop of Saint Asaph, and Giacomo Galletti, Bishop of Alessano, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Cashel until his death in 1578.