List of the bishops of Ferns
The following people were Bishops of Ferns ( Ireland ):
- Aidán († 627)
- Maeldogair (around 676)
- Coman (around 678)
- Diratus (around 693)
- Saint Moling († 696)
- Cillenius (around 715)
- Cairbre O'Kearney (around 1095)
- Ceallach Ua Colmáin (around 1117)
- Máel Eoin Ua Dúnacain (around 1125)
- Ua Cattain (around 1135)
- Joseph Ua h-Áeda (1178–1182)
- Ailbe Ua Máelmuaid [Albinus], O.Cist. (1186-1223)
- John of St. John (1224–1253)
- Geoffrey of St. John (1254–1258)
- Hugh of Lamport (1258-1282)
- Richard of Northampton (1283-1304)
- Simon of Evesham (1304)
- Robert Walrand (1305-1311)
- Adam of Northampton (1312-1346)
- Hugh de Saltu [by Leixlip] (1347)
- Geoffrey Grandfeld, OESA (1347-1348)
- John Esmond (1349-1353)
- William Charnells, OP (1350-1362)
- Thomas Dene (1363-1400)
- Patrick Barret, OSA (1400-1415)
- Robert Whittey (1418-1457) († 1458)
- Tadhg O'Beirn, OSA (1451)
- John Purcell I (1457-1479)
- Laurence Neville (1479–1503)
- Edmund Comerford (1505-1509)
- Nicholas Comyn (1510–1519) (then Bishop of Waterford and Lismore)
- John Purcell II (1519-1539)
- Bernard O'Donnell, OFM (1541) (afterwards Bishop of Elphin)
- Gabriel de S. Serio, OSB (1541–1542) (previously Bishop of Elphin)
- Alexander Devereux, O.Cist. (...– 1566)
- Sedis vacancy (1566–1587)
- Peter Power (1582–1587)
-
Sedis vacancy (1587–1607)
- Daniel Drihin (1607) (Vicar Apostolic)
- John Roche (1624-1636)
- Nicolas Franch (1645-1652)
- Luke Wadding (1683 / 84–1691 / 92)
- Michael Rossiter (1697-1709)
- John Verdon (1709-1728)
- Ambrose O'Callaghan, OFM (1729-1744)
- Nicholas Sweetman (1745–1786)
- James Caulfield (1786-1814)
- Patrick Ryan (1814-1819)
- James Keatinge (1819-1849)
- Myles Murphy (1849-1856)
- Thomas Furlong (1857-1875)
- Michael Warren (1876-1884)
- James Browne (1884-1917)
- William Codd (1917-1938)
- James Staunton (1938-1963)
- Donald J. Herlihy (1964-1983)
- Brendan Oliver Comiskey , SS.CC. (1984-2002)
- Denis Brennan (2006 - ...)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ "Saint Moling et le Lépreux" , Franciscan manuscript, translation by Paul Grosjean SJ (Thesaurus Linguae Hibernicae)