List of the bishops of Ferns

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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

  1. ^ "Saint Moling et le Lépreux" , Franciscan manuscript, translation by Paul Grosjean SJ (Thesaurus Linguae Hibernicae)