List of Bishops of Clonfert
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This is a list of the bishops of Clonfert. The Bishop of Clonfert is responsible for the Diocese of Clonfert, Ireland.
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Abbots of Clonfert | ||
| 557 to 16 May 576 | Brendan | Founded Clonfert |
| ? to 1 March 570 or 574 | Maeineann (also Moinenn) | |
| ? to 12 November 661 or 662 | Cummian (also Cummian Fada or Cummine Foda) | |
| ? to 802 | Ceannfaeladh | |
| (Pre-Reformation) Bishops of Clonfert | ||
| 1161 to 1171 | Peter Ó Mordha | |
| 1173 to ? | Melisa Mac Ward | |
| ? to 1186 | Maelcallan MacClerken | |
| ? to 1187 | Murtough O'Maeluire | |
| ? to 1259 | Cormac Ó Luimlin | |
| ca. 1263 to 1263 | Thomas O'Kelly | |
| 1263 to 1266 | vacant | |
| 1266 to | John | Italian |
| ? to ? | Gulley or Golley | |
| ? to ? | Conor Ó Maolalaidh | |
| ? to 1319 | ? Kelly | |
| ca. 1324 to ? | Robert Le Petit | |
| ? to 1377 | ? Kelly | |
| ca. 1394 to | Muircheartach Ó Ceallaigh | |
| ca. 1448 to 1422 | John | |
| ca. late 14th century] | Matthew Mac Craith | |
| ? to ? | Maigi Magrath | |
| Denis O'MoreO.P. (Roland Burke) | ||
| (Roman Catholic) Bishops of Clonfert | ||
| 18 May 1534 to 1580 | Roland de Burgo (Roland Burke) | |
| 1580 to 1587 | Vacant | |
| 8 June 1587 to 1602 | Tadhg O'Farrell (MacEoga)O.P. | Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza |
| 1602 to 1641 | Governed by vicars | |
| 16 October 1641 to April 1646 | John de Burgo | Translated Archbishop of Tuam |
| 11 March 1647 to 14 July 1663 | Walter Lynch | |
| 1663 to 1678 | Vacant | |
| 1678 to 1687 or 1695 | Tadhg (Thady) Keogh | |
| 1695 to 2 July 1706 | Muircheartach Ó Domhnalláin (Maurice or Murtagh Donnellan) | |
| 28 August 1711 to July 1715 | Ambrose O'Madden | |
| ca. 1725 | Edmund Kelly | |
| ? to ? | ? to 1786Andrew O'Donelan (also Donnellan) | |
| to | 1786 to 1831Thomas Costello | |
| 9 October 1831 to 27 April 1847 | Thomas Coen | |
| 25 April 1847 to 1870 | John Derry | |
| 14 January 1872 to 15 August 1896 | Patrick Duggan | |
| 1896 to 13 February 1903 | John Healy | Translated to Archbishop of Tuam |
| 10 June 1903 to 29 April 1909 | Thomas O'Dea | Translated to Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh |
| 18 December 1909 to 10 July 1918) | Thomas P. Gilmartin | Translated to Archbishop of Tuam |
| 3 July 1919 to 13 July 1923 | Thomas O'Doherty | Translated to Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh |
| 24 March 1924 to 12 April 1953 | John Dignan | |
| 22 December 1953 to 5 June 1962 | William J. Philbin | Traslated to Bishop of Down and Connor |
| 9 May 1963 to 1 May 1982 | Thomas Ryan | Resigned |
| 1 May 1982 to 22 August 1987 | Joseph Cassidy | Translated to Archbishop of Tuam) |
| 18 February 1988 | John Kirby | |
| (Church of Ireland) Bishops of Clonfert | ||
| 1536 to | Richard Nangle | |
| to | 1582 to Stephen Kirwan (also Kerovan) | |
| to | 1602 to 1625Roland Lynch | Also bishop of Kilmacduagh from 1587 |
| to | 1626 to 1643 Robert Dawson | Born 1589 |
| ca. 1664 to 1684 | Edward Wolley also Woolly | |
| 1684to | Vacant (revenues transferred to Catholic bishop by James II) | |
| to | William Bayly also Bailie | Died 1665 |
| to | Denison Cumberland | |
| 1730 to 1731 | Edward Synge | |
| after 1669 to | William FitzGerald | |
| 22 March 1731 to 1742 | Mordecai Cary (also Carey) | |
| 1735 to 1741 | John Whitcomb | |
| 1752 to | Arthur Smyth | Translated to Diocese of Down and Connor |
| ca. 1763 to | ? Oswald | |
| ca. 1764 to 1765 | Marley | Translated to Diocese of Waterford and Lismore |
| 1782 to | John Law | |
| ca. 1798 to | Matthew Young | |
| 1801 to 1804 | Nathaniel Alexander | Translated to Diocese of Down and Connor |
| 1804 to 1834 | Christopher Butson | |
| to | Hugh Hamilton | |
