Ross (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past Ordinaries

Florence † ( 1210 Ordained Bishop - 1222 Died)
Maurice † (2 Mar 1254 Appointed - 25 Apr 1265 Resigned)
Walter O’Mitchian, O.F.M. † ( 1269 Appointed - Dec 1274 Died)
Peter O’Hullican † ( 1275 Appointed - 1290 Died)
Lawrence † ( 1290 Appointed - 1309 Died)
Matthew O’Fin † ( 1309 Appointed - 16 Oct 1330 Died)
Lawrence O’Holdecan † (30 Apr 1331 Appointed - 1335 Died)
Dennis † ( 1336 Appointed - 1377 Died)
Bernard O’Connor, O.F.M. † (3 Feb 1378 Appointed - 1398 Appointed, Bishop of Limerick)
Stephen Brown, O. Carm. † (24 Apr 1399 Appointed - )
Walter Formay, O.F.M. † (14 Nov 1418 Appointed - )
John Bullock (Bloxvorch), O. Carm. † (24 Sep 1423 Appointed - 1426 Resigned)
Cornelius MacElcada, O.F.M. † (19 Aug 1426 Appointed - 1448 Died)
Richard Clerk † (10 Mar 1434 Appointed - )
Donald O’Donnawin † (4 Nov 1448 Appointed - )
Robert Colinson † (19 Mar 1460 Appointed - )
Odon O’Driscoll (Okedersgoyl) † (24 Mar 1473 Appointed - Sep 1494 Died)
Thaddeus McCarthy † (29 Mar 1482 Appointed - 3 Aug 1483 Removed)
John Edmund Courcey, O.F.M. † (26 Sep 1494 Appointed - 4 Nov 1517 Resigned)
John O’Murily, O. Cist. † (4 Nov 1517 Appointed - 1519 Died)
Thaddeus O’Reilly, O.F.M. † (24 Dec 1519 Appointed - Jun 1526 Died)
Dermot McCarthy, O.E.S.A. † (6 Jun 1526 Appointed - 1552 Died)
Maurice O’Fihely, O.F.M. † (12 Jan 1554 Appointed - 27 Jan 1559 Died)
Maurice Hega (O’Hea) † (7 Apr 1559 Appointed - 1561 Died)
Thomas O’Herlihy † (17 Dec 1561 Appointed - 11 Mar 1580 Died)
Bonaventure Naughten, O.F.M. Obs. † (20 Aug 1582 Appointed - 14 Feb 1587 Died)
Boetius Egan, O.F.M. † (11 Mar 1647 Appointed - 21 May 1650 Died)
Eugene MacEgan † (17 Apr 1657 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
570	Erected		Diocese of Ross (erected)
13 December 1747	United	Diocese of Cork and Cloyne Diocese of Ross	Diocese of Cork Diocese of Cloyne and Ross

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Stephen Brown, O. Carm. † (Bishop: 24 Apr 1399)
John Bullock (Bloxvorch), O. Carm. † (Bishop: 24 Sep 1423 to 1426)
Richard Clerk † (Bishop: 10 Mar 1434)
Robert Colinson † (Bishop: 19 Mar 1460)
John Edmund Courcey, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 26 Sep 1494 to 4 Nov 1517)
Boetius Egan, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 11 Mar 1647 to 21 May 1650)
Walter Formay, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 14 Nov 1418)
Maurice Hega (O’Hea) † (Bishop: 7 Apr 1559 to 1561)
Eugene MacEgan † (Vicar Apostolic: 17 Apr 1657)
Cornelius MacElcada, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 19 Aug 1426 to 1448)
Dermot McCarthy, O.E.S.A. † (Bishop: 6 Jun 1526 to 1552)
Thaddeus McCarthy † (Bishop: 29 Mar 1482 to 3 Aug 1483)
Bonaventure Naughten, O.F.M. Obs. † (Bishop: 20 Aug 1582 to 14 Feb 1587)
Bernard O’Connor, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 3 Feb 1378 to 1398)
Donald O’Donnawin † (Bishop: 4 Nov 1448)
Odon O’Driscoll (Okedersgoyl) † (Bishop: 24 Mar 1473 to Sep 1494)
Maurice O’Fihely, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 12 Jan 1554 to 27 Jan 1559)
Matthew O’Fin † (Bishop: 1309 to 16 Oct 1330)
Thomas O’Herlihy † (Bishop: 17 Dec 1561 to 11 Mar 1580)
Lawrence O’Holdecan † (Bishop: 30 Apr 1331 to 1335)
Peter O’Hullican † (Bishop: 1275 to 1290)
Walter O’Mitchian, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1269 to Dec 1274)
John O’Murily, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 4 Nov 1517 to 1519)
Thaddeus O’Reilly, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 24 Dec 1519 to Jun 1526)
John Baptist Sleyne † (Apostolic Administrator: 5 Dec 1693 to 16 Feb 1712)
Dennis † (Bishop: 1336 to 1377)
Florence † (Bishop: 1210 to 1222)
Lawrence † (Bishop: 1290 to 1309)
Maurice † (Bishop: 2 Mar 1254 to 25 Apr 1265)

Source(s)

Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 425
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 225
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 287
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 297
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 336
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 359
Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 213, to Page 214

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Diocese of Ross

Dioecesis Rossensis

United

To: Diocese of Cork and Diocese of Cloyne and Ross

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

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