Michael Skerrett (died 1785) was an Irish clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church . He served as Archbishop of Tuam from 1749 to 1785.[ 1] [ 2]
He was appointed Bishop of Killala on 23 January 1749, but was quickly translated to the archbishopric of Tuam on 5 May 1749. He died in office on 19 August 1785.[ 1] [ 2]
He was a descendant of the Tribes of Galway .[citation needed
References
^ a b Archbishop Mark Skerret . Catholic Hierarchy website . Retrieved 2 April 2010.^ a b Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 443. ISBN 0-521-56350-X
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