Fargal O'Reilly

Styles of Fargal O'Reilly
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	My Lord
Religious style	Bishop

Fargal O'Reilly (or Farrell O'Reilly; died 1829) was an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Kilmore from 1807 to 1829.

A native of the parish of Bailieborough in County Cavan, Ireland, ^[1] he was the parish priest of Drumlane from 1790 to 1807. He was elected Bishop of the Diocese of Kilmore by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith on 4 October 1806 ^[2] and was confirmed by Pope Pius VII on 14 December 1806. ^{[2] [3]} O'Reilly's papal brief to the See of Kilmore was dated 16 January 1807 ^{[2] [3] [4]} and was consecrated on 24 August 1807 by the Most Reverend Richard O'Reilly, Archbishop of Armagh. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

He died in office on 30 April 1829, ^{[3] [4] [5]} and was buried in the graveyard at Moybolgue, near Bailieborough. ^[1]

Notes

1. "Folklore". Bailieborough.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
2. Brady 1876, The Episcopal Succession, volume 1, p. 287.
3. Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 350.
4. "Bishop Fargal O'Reilly". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
5. Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 436.

References

• Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 1. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace.
• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   0-521-56350-X.
• Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. A New History of Ireland. Vol. IX. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN   0-19-821745-5.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by James Dillon	Bishop of Kilmore 1807–1829	Succeeded by James Browne