Bishop of Kildare
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The Bishop of Kildare was the head of the diocese of Kildare, a historical Roman Catholic diocese that existed from the legendary time of Conláed ua hEimri (Saint Conleth) until it was merged with the diocese of Leighlin in 1694.
After the episcopate of Walter Wellesley (1529 1539), there was a parallel set of bishop in the Church of Ireland later merged with that Church's diocese of Meath. For those bishops, see Bishop of Meath and Kildare.
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[edit] List of bishops of Kildare
Kildare was famous in the early period principally for its abbey and nunnery, founded by Brigid of Kildare. For a list of abbesses and abbots, see List of abbots and abbesses of Kildare.
[edit] Pre-Reformation bishops
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| d. 520 | Conláed ua hEimri | Known as Saint Conleth; died, according to tradition, May 3, 520. |
| d. 639 | Áed Dub mac Colmáin | |
| d. 709 | Máel Dobarchon | Died February 19, 709. |
| d. 762 | Eóthigern | |
| d. 787 | Lomthuile | |
| d. 787 | Snéidbran | |
| d. 834 | Tuathchar | Scribe. |
| d. 840 | Orthanach ua Cóellámae Cuirrig | |
| d. 864 | Áedgen Britt | Scribe and anchorite. |
| d. 870 | Móengal | |
| d. 875 | Robartach mac na Cerddac | |
| d. 875 | Lachtnán mac Mochthigirn | |
| d. 881 | Suibne ua Finsnechtai | |
| d. 884 | Scandal | |
| d. 888 | Lergus mac Cruinnén | |
| d. 931 | Crunnmáel | |
| d. 981 | Anmchad | |
| d. 1030 | Máel Martain | |
| d. 1042 | Máel Brigte | |
| d. 1097 | Máel Brigte int Sair Ua Broicháin | |
| d. 1100 | Áed Ua hEremóin | |
| d. 1101 | Ferdomnach | |
| d. 1108 | Máel Finnéin mac Donngaile | |
| d. 1146 | Cormac Ua Cathassaig | |
| d. 1148 | Ua Duibín | |
| acceded 1152 | Finn mac Máel Muire Mac Cianáin | |
| d. 1160 | Finn mac Gussáin Ua Gormáin | |
| x1161 1175 | Malachias Ua Brain | |
| x1177 1180x1206 | Nehemias | |
| 1206 x1223 | Cornelius Mac Fáelán | Also written Mac Gelain. |
| 1223 1232 | Ralph of Bristol | |
| 1233 1258 | John of Taunton | |
| 1258 1272 | Simon of Kilkenny | |
| 1279 1299 | Nicholas Cusack | O. F. M.. |
| 1300 1332 | Walter Calf | Also called Walter de Veel. |
| 1333 1352 | Richard Houlot | |
| 1352 1365 | Thomas Giffard | |
| 1365 1404 | Robert of Acton | O. E. S. A.. |
| 1404 1431 | John Madock | |
| 1431 1446 | William FitzEdward | |
| 1447 1464 | Geoffrey Hereford | O. P.. |
| elected 1456/7 | John Bole | Never consecrated; provided as Archbishop of Armagh on May 2, 1457. |
| 1464 1474 | Richard Lang | Deprived on bishopric on July 28, 1474. |
| 1474 1474x1475 | David Conel | |
| Provided 1475 | James Wall | O. F. M.; suffragan in the diocese of London, 1485 1491. Died April 28, 1494. |
| resigned 1492 | William Barret | Also written as William Barnett. Not known when appointed, but he resigned his position in 1492. He was a suffragan in the diocese of Winchester, 1502 1525, and in the diocese of York, 1530. |
| d. 1513 | Edward Lane | |
| 1526 c. 1529 | Thomas Dillon | |
| 1529 1539 | Walter Wellesley | O. S. A.. |
[edit] Post-Reformation Catholic bishops
- See also: Bishop of Meath and Kildare
From here Church of Ireland provided different bishops from the the Roman Catholic Church; for the Anglican bishops, see Bishop of Meath and Kildare.
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Provided 1540 | Donald O'Beachan | O. F. M.; provided July 16, 1540; died in the following month. |
| Provided 1540 | Thady Reynolds | Provided November 15, 1540. |
| 1555 1577 | Thomas Leverous | |
| Provided 1619 | James Talbot | Vicar Apostolic, provided September 14, 1619. |
| Provided 1622 | Donatus Doolin | Vicar Apostolic, provided January 14, 1622. |
| 1628 1644 | Roche MacGeoghegan | O. P.. |
| James Dempsey | Vicar Apostolic, provided November 24, 1665. | |
| provided 1671 | Patrick Dempsey | Vicar Apostolic, provided June 30, 1671. |
| 1676 1683 | Mark Forestal | O. S. A.. |
| 1683 1693 | Edward Wesley | |
| 1694 1707 (see notes) | John Dempsey | He was provided on February 8, 1694. On November 29, 1694 the bishopric of Kildare was united with the bishopric of Leighlin, forming the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin. |
[edit] Bishops of Kildare and Leighlin
From 1694 the diocese of Kildare was merged with the diocese of Leighlin.
[edit] References
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E. & Porter, S. et al., eds. (1986), Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.), Royal Historycal Society Guides and Handbooks, No. 2, London: Offices of the Royal Historycal Society, ISBN 0-86193-106-8
- Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X. & Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984), Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II, New History of Ireland: Volume XI, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198217455
