Eóin Ó Cuileannáin
Roman Catholic bishop of Raphoe
Styles of
Eóin Ó Cuileannáin, S.T.D. |
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | My Lord |
Religious style | Bishop |
Eóin Ó Cuileannáin , S.T.D. (anglicised John O'Cullenan; c. 1583 –1661) was an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Raphoe from 1625 to 1661.
Ó Cuileannáin was appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe by papal brief on 1 December [ O.S. 21 November ] 1621 . [1] [2] Four years later, he was appointed Bishop of Raphoe on 9 June [ O.S. 30 May ] 1625 , but was not consecrated until 1629. [1] [2] [3] After having been held in prison in Derry for several years, Bishop Ó Cuileannáin went into exile in March 1653. [1] [4] [5]
Eóin Ó Cuileannáin died in Brussels on 24 March 1661, aged about 78, and was interred in the chapel of the Virgin in the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula . [1] [2] [5]
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 Fryde et al. 1986 , Handbook of British Chronology , p. 441.
- 1 2 3 Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984 , A New History of Ireland , volume IX, p. 353.
- ↑ "Bishop John O'Cullenan" . Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney . Retrieved 10 February 2014 .
- ↑ Fryde et al. 1986 , Handbook of British Chronology , p. 441, fn. 2.
- 1 2 Brady 1876 , The Episcopal Succession , volume 1, pp. 309–311.
References
- Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875 . Vol. 1. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace.
- 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 .
- Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II . A New History of Ireland. Vol. IX. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821745-5 .
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