James O'Sullivan was an Irish 20th century Anglican bishop. [1]
Born in 1834, [2] he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1858. He was Rector of Rahoon and then of St Nicholas, Galway. From 1888, he was Archdeacon of Tuam and then, from 1890, the 57th Bishop of Tuam, the 56th Bishop of Killala and the 57th of Achonry. [3] He died in post on 10 January 1915.
The Archbishop of Tuam is an archbishop which takes its name after the town of Tuam in County Galway, Ireland. The title was used by the Church of Ireland until 1839, and is still in use by the Catholic Church.
The Bishop of Killala is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Killala in County Mayo, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.
The Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the west of Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Tuam and is subject to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuam. The deanery of Kilfenora, previously a diocese in its own right, lies in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel. The ordinary is Bishop Michael Duignan who was appointed on 11 February 2022.
The Diocese of Killala is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Connacht; the western province of Ireland. It is in the Metropolitan Province of Tuam and is subject to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuam. As of 2023, the bishop is John Fleming, who was appointed on 7 April 2002.
The Bishop of Achonry is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Achonry in County Sligo, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains as a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.
The Archbishopric of Tuam existed from the mid twelfth century until 1839, with its seat at Tuam.
The Bishop of Kilfenora was a separate episcopal title which took its name after the village of Kilfenora in County Clare in the Republic of Ireland. In both the Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic Church, the title is now united with other bishoprics.
John Mason Harden, was an Irish bishop and educator who later served as Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry from 1927 to 1931.
John Winthrop Crozier was the ninth Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry from 1939 to 1957.
Benjamin John Plunket was a 20th-century Anglican bishop in Ireland.
John Orr was a 20th-century Anglican Bishop.
William Hardy Holmes was an Anglican Bishop.
Arthur Hamilton Butler was an Irish bishop in the Church of Ireland in the second half of the 20th century.
William Mullally, whose family name also appears as Ó Mullally, O'Mullally, Lally, Laly or Lawly, was Archbishop of Tuam in the Church of Ireland from 1573 to his death in 1595.
Sir Thomas Vesey, 1st Baronet (1668?–1730), was an Anglo-Irish clergyman. He was Bishop of Ossory from 1714 to 1730.
Joseph Deane Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo was an Irish peer and cleric who held several high offices in the Church of Ireland including Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin (1772–82) and Archbishop of Tuam (1782–94).
Bernard O'Gara was an Irish clergyman who served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam from 1723 to 1740. O'Gara was the grandson of Fearghal Ó Gadhra.
Michael O'Gara was an Irish clergyman who served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam from 1740 to 1748.
Edward Synge, D.D., M.A., B.A. (1659–1741) was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of Ireland as Chancellor of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin (1705–1714), Bishop of Raphoe (1714–1716), and Archbishop of Tuam (1716–1741).
Events from the year 1216 in Ireland.
