List of the bishops of Ossory
The following people were bishops of Ossory :
- Richard Ledred (Ledrede), OFM (episcopal ordination April 24, 1317 - 1360)
- Thomas Peverel OCarm (1395–1398), then Bishop of Llandaff, Wales
- Roger Appleby (1400-1404)
- John O'Hedian (1479-1487)
- Oliver Cantwell OP (1487-1526)
- Milo Baron Fitzgerald (1528–1551)
- John Balgus OCarm (1552–1563)
- John Tonory OSA (1554-1565)
- Thomas Strong (1582–1597) then auxiliary bishop in Santiago de Compostela
- David Rothe (1618-1650)
- James O'Phelan (1669–1695)
- William D'Alton (Daton) (1696-1712)
- Malachy Dulany (1713-1731)
- Patrick O'Shea (Shee) (1731-1736)
- Colman O'Shaughnessy OP (1736-1748)
- James Bernard Dunne (1748–1758)
- Thomas Burke (de Burgo) OP (1759–1776)
- John Thomas Troy OP (1776–1786), then Archbishop of Dublin
- John Dunne (1787–1789)
- James Lanigan (1789-1812)
- Kyran Marum (1814-1827)
- Myles Murphy (1828) did not take office
- William Kinsella (1829-1845)
- Edward Walsh (1846–1872)
- Patrick Francis Moran (1872–1884), then Archbishop of Sydney
- Abraham Brownrigg SSS (1884-1928)
- Patrick Collier (1928–1964)
- Peter Birch (1964–1981)
- Laurence Forristal (1981-2007)
- Séamus Freeman , SAC (2007-2016)
- Dermot Pius Farrell (since 2018)
Web links
- Entry on Diocese of Ossory on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on May 4, 2018.