Richard Barrett (bishop) explained

Richard Barrett (bishop) (also recorded as Risdéard Bairéad)^[1] was an Irish bishop in the first half of the Sixteenth Century.^[2]

Barret was a canon of Killala.^[3] He was appointed Bishop of Killala by Pope Julius II on 7 January 1513.^[4] He died in office during 1545.^[5]

References

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2. Book: Fryde . E. B. . Greenway . D. E. . Porter . S. . Roy . I. . Handbook of British Chronology . 3rd, reprinted 2003 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 0-521-56350-X .
3. Book: Cotton, Henry . Henry Cotton (divine)

   . Henry Cotton (divine) . The Province of Connaught . Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland . 4 . 1850 . Hodges and Smith . Dublin .

4. "History of the Irish Hierarchy: With the Monasteries of Each County, Biographical Notices of the Irish Saints, prelates and Religious" Walsh T. p169: New York; D. Sadlier; 1854
5. Book: Brady, W. Maziere . William Maziere Brady

   . William Maziere Brady . The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875 . 1876 . Tipografia Della Pace . Rome . 2 .