Diocese of Duleek

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

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

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

References

  1. ^ 'Monasticum Hibernicum; or, an history of the abbeys, priories, and other religious houses in Ireland' Archdall, Mervyn (Dublin: printed for Luke White, 1786)
  2. ^ Cogan, Anthony (1862). The diocese of Meath: ancient and modern. Vol. 1. Dublin: J.F. Fowler.
  3. ^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p149 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  4. ^ Brady, William Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 2. pp. 127–128.
  5. ^ Fryde, E.B.; Greenway, D.E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology. pp. 430, 432–433.
  6. ^ Moody, T.W.; Martin, F.X.; Byrne, F.J. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists. p. 362.