The Diocese of Duleek was an Irish diocese,[1] firstly subsumed by the Diocese of Meath[2] and now within the Diocese of Meath and Kildare.
It began as an early Christian monastic settlement. St Patrick established the bishopric circa 450 AD.[3]
| Bishops of Duleek | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 450 | 489 | St Cianan | He was descended from the royal blood of the kings of Munster. His feast day is 24 November |
| unknown | 778 | Feargus | |
| unknown | 870 | Gnia | "Abbat, Scribe, Anchorite and Bishop died in his 87th year" (Archdall) |
| unknown | 882 | Cormac | "also Abbat of Clonard" ([Archdall (ibid)) |
| unknown | 902 | Colman | |
| unknown | 927 | Tuathal | "Son of Oenecan" |
| unknown | 941 | Caon Combrach | |
| unknown | 1117 | Giolla Mochua | |
| Sources: [4][5][6] | |||
Other Senior Clergy
edit| Archdeacons of Duleek | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| unknown | 904 | Eochy | Son of Socaragusa (Archdall) |
| unknown | 953 | Aengus | Son of Moelbrighde (Archdall) |
| unknown | 870 | Mureadach | Son of M'Saergusa (Archdall) |
See also
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References
edit- ^ 'Monasticum Hibernicum; or, an history of the abbeys, priories, and other religious houses in Ireland' Archdall, Mervyn (Dublin: printed for Luke White, 1786)
- ^ Cogan, Anthony (1862). The diocese of Meath: ancient and modern. Vol. 1. Dublin: J.F. Fowler.
- ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p149 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
- ^ Brady, William Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 2. pp. 127–128.
- ^ Fryde, E.B.; Greenway, D.E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology. pp. 430, 432–433.
- ^ Moody, T.W.; Martin, F.X.; Byrne, F.J. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists. p. 362.