Maurice Hurley (bishop)

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Maurice Hurley
Bishop of Emly
Church Catholic Church
In office1623–1646
Predecessor See vacant since 1586
Successor Terence O'Brien (bishop)
Orders
Consecration7 September 1623
by  David Rothe
Personal details
Died1646
Emly, Ireland

Maurice Hurley (died 1586) was a 17th-century Roman Catholic prelate. [1]

He served as Bishop of Emly: [2] from his consecration on 7 September 1623 [3] until his death in September 1646. [4] There is a stone in memory of him in the wall at St Ailbe's National School, which was taken from Emly Cathedral when it was demolished in 1827. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Dictionary of Irish Biography
  2. ↑ Brady, William Maziere (1876). The episcopal succession in England, Scotland and Ireland AD 1400 to 1875. Vol. 2. pp. 35–39. OCLC   655156325.
  3. ↑ Moody, T.W.; Martin, F.X.; Byrne, F.J., eds. (1984). A New History of Ireland. A Companion to Irish History, part 2. Vol. 9 Maps, genealogies, lists. Clarendon Press. pp. 297–298. ISBN   0-19-821745-5. OCLC   1152598744.
  4. ↑ Fryde, Edmund Boleslav; Greenway, D.E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British chronology. Offices of the Royal Historical Society : University College. p. 381. OCLC   989682481.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  5. ↑ Duchas


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