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Bishop of Limerick

Bishop of Limerick

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The Bishop of Limerick is an episcopal title which takes its name after the city of Limerick in the Province of Munster, Ireland. In the Catholic Church it still continues as a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.

St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick, the episcopal seat of the pre-Reformation and Church of Ireland bishops.
St John's Cathedral, Limerick, the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic bishops.

History

The diocese of Limerick is one of the twenty-four dioceses established at the Synod of Rathbreasail in 1111. After the Reformation, there are parallel apostolic successions: one of the Church of Ireland and the other of the Roman Catholic Church.

In the Church of Ireland, Limerick continued as a separate title until 1661 when it was combined with Ardfert and Aghadoe to form the united bishopric of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe. Since 1976, the Church of Ireland see has been part of the united bishopric of Limerick and Killaloe.

In the Roman Catholic Church, Limerick still remains as a separate title. The current bishop is the Most Reverend Brendan Leahy, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick, who was appointed by the Holy See on 10 January 2013 and received episcopal ordination on 14 April 2013.[1]

Pre-Reformation bishops

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Post-Reformation bishops

Church of Ireland succession

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Roman Catholic succession

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Notes

  • A Some sources state that John Quin resigned by consequences of his infirmities.[15][16] However, another source states he was forced to resign by King Edward VI in 1551, but was restored by Queen Mary I in 1553.[17]
  • B C Hugh Lacy became bishop of both successions when they were briefly reunited in the reign of Queen Mary I. After the accession of Queen Elizabeth I, he was deprived of the Church of Ireland title in 1571, but continued with the Roman Catholic title until his death in 1580.

References

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    "Bishop Brendan Leahy". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
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    Begley, John, Canon (1906). The Diocese of Limerick Ancient and Mediaeval. Dublin: Browne & Nolan. p. 309.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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    Bagwell, Richard (1885–90). Ireland Under the Tudors. Vol. 1. p. 305.
  4. [4]
    Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, pp. 376–381.
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    Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 365–366.
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    "Historical successions: Limerick". Crockford's Clerical Directory. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
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    Rigg, J.M. (1916–26). Calendar of state papers relating to English affairs : preserved principally at Rome in the Vatican archives and library. London - H M Stationery Office. p. 49, No. 108.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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    Cal. Carew MSS, 1515-74, no. 237, quoted in Henry A Jeffries, 'The Irish Parliament of 1560', Irish Historical Studies 26 (1989) p. 137.
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    Fiants Ire Eliz, No 666
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    Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, pp. 381–385.
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    Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 400–401.
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    "Most Rev. John Magee". Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
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    Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 337–438.
  14. [14]
    "Diocese of Limerick". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 19 September 2009.
  15. [15]
    Cotton 1851, The Province of Munster, p. 381.
  16. [16]
    Courthorpe, William, ed. (1836). Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Twenty-first ed.). London: Printed for J.G. & F. Rivington; etc. p. 489.
  17. [17]
    Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 437.

Bibliography

  • Cotton, Henry (1851). The Province of Munster. Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberniae: The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Dublin: Hodges and Smith.
  • 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.

Further reading

  • Begley, John, The Diocese of Limerick, Ancient and Medieval. Dublin: Browne & Nolan, 1906.
  • Gillebert of Limerick:the Prelate's Present to the Primate of England, John Lucey, North Munster Antiquarian Journal 6, 2006, pp. 5–14
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