Diocese of Duleek

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The Diocese of Duleek was an Irish diocese [1] which remained a separate bishopric at the Synod of Kells held in 1152 but disappeared not long after that date. Firstly subsumed by the Diocese of Meath [2] and now within the Diocese of Meath and Kildare.

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It began as an early Christian monastic settlement. St Patrick established the bishopric circa 450 AD. [3]

Bishops

Bishops of Duleek
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
450489 St Cianan He was descended from the royal blood of the kings of Munster. His feast day is 24 November
unknown778 Feargus
unknown870 Gnia "Abbat, Scribe, Anchorite and Bishop died in his 87th year" (Archdall)
unknown882 Cormac "also Abbat of Clonard" ([Archdall (ibid))
unknown902 Colman
unknown927 Tuathal "Son of Oenecan"
unknown941 Caon Combrach
unknown1117 Giolla Mochua
Sources: [4] [5] [6]

Other Senior Clergy

Archdeacons of Duleek
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
unknown904 Eochy Son of Socaragusa (Archdall)
unknown953 Aengus Son of Moelbrighde (Archdall)
unknown870 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.
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