Richard Brady

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Richard Brady, O.F.M. (died 1607) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Ardagh from 1576 to 1580 and then Bishop of Kilmore from 1580 to 1607.

A Franciscan friar, he was appointed the Bishop of Ardagh by Pope Gregory XIII on 23 January 1576. [1] [2] [3] Four years later, Brady was translated to the bishopric of Kilmore on 9 March 1580. [1] [4] [5] He held the honours (temporalities) of the Church of Ireland See of Kilmore until they were deprived by Sir John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland in 1585. [6]

He died in September 1607, [4] [5] and was buried in the cloister of Multifernan Abbey, about 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Mullingar, Westmeath. [7]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Bishop Richard Brady, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 413.
  3. ↑ Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 339.
  4. 1 2 Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 436.
  5. 1 2 Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 349.
  6. ↑ Cotton 1849, The Province of Ulster, p. 156.
  7. ↑ Wood 1907, Annals of Westmeath, pp. 127–128.

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Preceded by Bishop of Ardagh
1576–1580		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Kilmore
1580–1607		Succeeded by

Roman Catholic Bishops of Ardagh

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