Former Diocese of

Ross

Ireland Ireland

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ross / Rossen(sis) (Latin)

Suppressed

Notes: United รฆque principaliter with Cork 1650โ€“1747.12.10, 1958.04.19โ€“

History

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Ross (Roman Rite)

Bishop Cornelius Lucey
(Apostolic Administrator 1954 โ€“ 1958.04.19)

Bishop Denis J. Moynihan
(1941.07.05 โ€“ 1952.02.10)

Born:1885.06.16 (Rathmore, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1909.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:1941.09.21
Died:1975.12.06 (โ€  90)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1941.07.05 โ€“ 1952.02.10)

Bishop of Kerry (Ireland) (1952.02.10 โ€“ 1969.07.17)

Titular Bishop of Suacia (1969.07.17 โ€“ 1970.12.10)

Bishop Patrick Casey
(1935.06.22 โ€“ 1940.09.19)

Born:1873.01.28 (Ballynoe, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1896.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:1935.09.15
Died:1940.09.19 (โ€  67)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1935.06.22 โ€“ 1940.09.19)

Bishop James J. Roche
(1926.03.31 โ€“ 1931.06.26)

Born:1870.10.19 (Middleton, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1893.10.29
Consecrated Bishop:1926.05.30
Died:1956.08.31 (โ€  85)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1926.03.31 โ€“ 1931.06.26)

Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia (1931.06.26 โ€“ 1935.03.23)

Coadjutor Bishop of Cloyne (Ireland) (1931.06.26 โ€“ 1935.03.23)

Bishop of Cloyne (Ireland) (1935.03.23 โ€“ 1956.08.31)

Bishop Denis Kelly
(1897.03.29 โ€“ 1924.04.18)

Born:1852.01.12 (Nenagh, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1877.03
Consecrated Bishop:1897.05.09
Died:1924.04.18 (โ€  72)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1897.03.29 โ€“ 1924.04.18)

Bishop William Fitzgerald
(1877 โ€“ 1896)

Born:1832.12.19 (Imogeela, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1857.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1877.11.11
Died:1896.11.24 (โ€  63)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1877 โ€“ 1896)

Bishop Michael Oโ€™Hea
(1857 โ€“ 1876.12.18)

Born:1808.08.12 (Woodfield, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1834.09
Consecrated Bishop:1858.02.07
Died:1876.12.18 (โ€  68)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1857 โ€“ 1876.12.18)

Bishop William Keane
(1850.12.20 โ€“ 1857.05.15)

Born:1805.04.07 (Castlemartyr, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1828.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:1851.02.02
Died:1874.01.15 (โ€  68)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1850.12.20 โ€“ 1857.05.15)

Bishop of Cloyne (Ireland) (1857.05.15 โ€“ 1874.01.15)

Bishop Teige McCarthy Rabagh
(1727.04.07 โ€“ 1747.08.20)

Born:1664 (Ireland)
Consecrated Bishop:1727.07
Died:1747.08.20 (โ€  82)

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1727.04.07 โ€“ 1747.08.20)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1727.04.07 โ€“ 1747.08.20)

Bishop Donagh MacCarthy
(1712.07.16 โ€“ 1726.03?)

Born:1654 (Muskerry, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1674
Consecrated Bishop:1713.08.27
Died:1726.03? (โ€  71)

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1712.07.16 โ€“ 1726.03?)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1712.07.16 โ€“ 1726.03?)

Archbishop Christopher Butler
(Apostolic Administrator 1711 โ€“ 1730)

Bishop John Baptist Sleyne
(1693.04.13 โ€“ 1712.01.22)

Born:1639 (Midleton, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1663.03.27
Consecrated Bishop:1693.04.18
Died:1712.02.16 (โ€  72)

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1693.04.13 โ€“ 1712.01.22)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1693.04.13 โ€“ 1712.01.22)

Bishop Robert Barry
(1650 โ€“ 1662.07.06)

Born:1588?
Consecrated Bishop:1648.04.05
Died:1662.07.06 (โ€  73)

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1647.04.08 โ€“ 1662.07.06)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1650 โ€“ 1662.07.06)

Bishop Boetius MacEgan, O.F.M.
(1647 โ€“ 1650)

Consecrated Bishop:1648.04.05
Died:1650.05.21

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1647 โ€“ 1650)

Bishop Bonaventura Naughton, O.F.M.
(1582 โ€“ 1587)

Died:1587.02.14

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1582 โ€“ 1587)

Bishop Thomas Oโ€™Herlahy
(1561.12.17 โ€“ 1580.03.11)

Died:1580.03.11

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1561.12.17 โ€“ 1580.03.11)

Bishop Maurice Oโ€™Hea
(1559 โ€“ 1561)

Consecrated Bishop:1559.06.11
Died:1561?

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1559 โ€“ 1561)

Bishop Maurice Oโ€™Fihely
(1554 โ€“ 1559)

Consecrated Bishop:1555?
Died:1559.01.27?

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1554 โ€“ 1559)

Bishop Dermot MacCarthy
(1526 โ€“ 1552)

Died:1552

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1526 โ€“ 1552)

Bishop Tadhg ร“ Raghallaigh, O.E.S.A.
(1519.12.23 โ€“ 1526)

Died:1526

Bishop of Dromore (Northern Ireland) (1511.04.30 โ€“ 1526)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1519.12.23 โ€“ 1526)

Bishop John Edmund de Courcy, O.F.M.
(1492.09.26 โ€“ 1517)

Bishop of Clogher (Ireland) (1484.06.14 โ€“ 1502)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1492.09.26 โ€“ 1517)

Blessed Bishop Thaddeus McCarthy
(1482 โ€“ 1490.04.21)

Born:1455 (Innishannon, Ireland)
Consecrated Bishop:1482.05.03
Died:1492.10.25 (Ivrea, Italy โ€  36)
Beatified:1895.08.16 (equipollently)
Feast:10.25

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1482 โ€“ 1490.04.21)

Bishop of Cork and Cloyne (Ireland) (1490.04.21 โ€“ 1492.10.25)

Bishop.

Bishop Aodh ร“ hEidirsgeรณil
(1473 โ€“ 1494)

Consecrated Bishop:1473.04.11
Died:1494.09?

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1473 โ€“ 1494)

Bishop John Hornse
(1464 โ€“ 1481?)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1464 โ€“ 1481?)

Bishop Johnannes
(? โ€“ 1460)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (? โ€“ 1460)

Bishop Robert Colynson
(1460 โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1460 โ€“ ?)

Bishop Domhnall ร“ Donnobhรกin
(1448 โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1448 โ€“ ?)

Bishop Richard Clerk
(1434 โ€“ 1445?)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1434 โ€“ 1445?)

Bishop Maurice Brown
(? โ€“ 1431)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (? โ€“ 1431)

Bishop Walter of Leicester
(1431 โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1431 โ€“ ?)

Bishop Conchobhar Mac Fhaolchadha
(1426 โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1426 โ€“ ?)

Bishop John Bloxworth
(1424 โ€“ 1424)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1424 โ€“ 1424)

Bishop Walter Formay
(1418 โ€“ 1423)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1418 โ€“ 1423)

Bishop Stephen Brown
(1402 โ€“ 1420?)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1402 โ€“ 1420?)

Bishop Mac Raith ร“ hEidirsgeรณil
(1401 โ€“ 1403)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1401 โ€“ 1403)

Bishop Peter Curragh
(1399 โ€“ 1399)

Bishop of Limerick (Ireland) (1369.02.19 โ€“ 1399)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1399 โ€“ 1399)

Bishop Bernardus ร“ Conchobhair
(1399 โ€“ 1399)

Bishop of Limerick (Ireland) (1399 โ€“ 1399 not possessed)

Bishop of Ross (Ireland) (1399 โ€“ 1399)

Abbots nullius of Ross (Roman Rite)

Saint Bishop Fachtna of Ross
(570? โ€“ ?)

Born: (Tulachteann, Ireland)
Canonised:1902.06.19 (equipollently)
Feast:08.14

Bishop-Abbot nullius of Ross (Ireland) (570? โ€“ ?)

Bishop.

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