Clogher Bishops


Tenure Incumbent Notes
Macartin Saint Macartin
506 Tigernach Saint Tigernach
550 Sinell Saint Sinell
Feidlimid
571 Laserian Saint Laserian
Aidan Became Bishop of Lindisfarne; Saint Aidan
Airmeadach
731 Foeldobar
898 Ailill
929 Cenfail Saint Cenfail
1126 to 1139 Christian ÓMorgair
1139 to 1182 Edan ÓKelly
1182 to 1184 Moelisa ÓCarol Translated to Armagh
1184 to 1191 Christian ÓMacturan Abbot of Clonmacnois
1191 to 1195 Moelisa Mac-Mail-Ciaran Abbot of Mellifont; surname lost – nickname means son of the servant of Saint Kieran
1195 to 1218 Tigernach MacGilla Ronan
1218 to 1227 Donato Fidatra Translated to Armagh
1227 to 1240 Nehemiah ÓBrogan
1240 to 1268 David ÓBrogan
1268 to 1287 Michael MacAntsair Archdeacon
1287 to 1316 Matthew MacCatusaid I. Chancellor of Armagh
1316 to 1320 Gelasius ÓBanan
1320 to 1356 Nicholas MacCatasaid Archdeacon
1356 to 1361 Bernard MacCamaill Archdeacon
???? to 1370 Odo ÓNeal Chancellor of Armagh
1370 to 1389 ÓCorcroin
1389 to 1432 Arthur MacCamaill Archdeacon
1432 to 1449 Peter Macguire Archdeacon
1449 to 1485 Roger Macguire
1485 to ???? Edmund Courcy Translated to Ross
???? to ???? vacant For 8 years
???? to 1502 Nehemiah Clonin Resigned
1504 to 1505 Patrick ÓConolly Abbot of SS Peter and Paul, Clonmacnois
1505 to c. 1514 Eugene Mac Camoeil Dean
c. 1514 to 1519 vacant For 4 years
1519 to c. 1534 Patrick Cullin
c. 1534 to 1542 vacant For 8 years
1542 to 1570 Hugh ÓCervallan

 

Tenure Incumbent Notes
1570 to 1571 Miler Magrath First protestant bishop; translated to Cashel
1570 to 1605 vacant
1605 to 1621 George Montgomery Dean of Norwich; also Bishop of Derry and Raphoe then, after resigning these, Bishop of Meath
1621 to 1645 James Spottiswood
1645 to 1661 Henry Jones Dean of Ardagh; translated to Meath
1661 to 1671 John Lesley Tranlated from Raphoe
1671 to 1672 Robert Lesley Translated from Raphoe
1672 to 1691 Roger Boyle Translated from Down & Connor
1691 to 1697 Richard Tennison Translated from Killala & Achonry; translated to Meath
1697 to 1717 George Ash Translated from Cloyne; translated to Derry; Saint George Ash
1717 to 1745 John Sterne Translated from Dromore
1745 to 1758 Robert Clayton Translated from Cork & Ross
1758 to 1782 John Garnet Translated from Leighlin & Ferns
1782 to 1796 John Hotham Translated from Ossory
1796 to 1798 William Foster Translated from Kilmore
1798 to 1819 John Porter Translated from Killala
1819 to 1820 Lord John George de la Poer Beresford Translated from Raphoe; translated to Dublin
1820 to 1822 The Honourable Percy Jocelyn Translated from Leighlinbridge
1822 to 1850 Lord Robert Ponsonby Tottenham Translated from Ferns & Leighlin
1850 See united to Armagh
1850 to 1862 Lord George John de la Poer Beresford, Archbishop of Armagh and Bishop of Clogher Hitherto Archbishop of Armagh
1862 to 1886 Marcus Gervaise Beresford, Archbishop of Armagh and Bishop of Clogher Died in office
1886 See separated from Armagh
1886 Charles Maurice Slack Consecrated 29 June 1886
1850 to ????
2002 to present Michael Jackson Consecrated 6 March 2002