The Bishop of Cashel and Waterford (Full title: Bishop of Cashel

Cashel, County Tipperary

Cashel is a town in South Tipperary in Ireland. Its population was 2936 at the 2006 census. The town gives its name to the ecclesiastical province of Cashel. Additionally, the cathedra of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly was originally in the town prior to the English Reformation....

 and Emly

Emly

Emly or Emlybeg is a village in South Tipperary, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Clanwilliam. It is also an Ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly....

 with Waterford

Waterford

Waterford is a city in the South-East Region of Ireland. It is the oldest city in the country and fifth largest by population. Waterford City Council is the local government authority for the city and its immediate hinterland...

 and Lismore

Lismore, County Waterford

Lismore is a town in County Waterford, Ireland. It is located where the N72 road crosses the River Blackwater.-History:It was founded by Saint Mochuda, also known as Saint Carthage. In the 7th century, Lismore was the site of the well-known Lismore Abbey. It is also home to Lismore Castle, the...

) was the Ordinary

Ordinary

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 of the Church of Ireland

Church of Ireland

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 diocese

Diocese

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 of Cashel and Waterford; comprising all of County Waterford

County Waterford

*Abbeyside, Affane, Aglish, Annestown, An Rinn, Ardmore*Ballinacourty, Ballinameela, Ballinamult, Ballinroad, Ballybeg, Ballybricken, Ballyduff Lower, Ballyduff Upper, Ballydurn, Ballygunner, Ballylaneen, Ballymacarbry, Ballymacart, Ballynaneashagh, Ballysaggart, Ballytruckle, Bilberry, Bunmahon,...

, the southern part of County Tipperary

County Tipperary

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 and a small part of County Limerick

County Limerick

It is thought that humans had established themselves in the Lough Gur area of the county as early as 3000 BC, while megalithic remains found at Duntryleague date back further to 3500 BC...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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History

In the Church of Ireland, although not in the Roman Catholic Church, the bishopric of Waterford and Lismore

Bishop of Waterford and Lismore

The Bishop of Waterford and Lismore is an episcopal title which takes its name after the city of Waterford and town of Lismore in the Republic of Ireland. The title was used by the Church of Ireland until 1838, and is still used by the Catholic Church....

 was united to the archbishopric of Cashel and Emly

Archbishop of Cashel

The Archbishop of Cashel is an archiepiscopal title which takes its name after the town of Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland. The title is still in use in the Roman Catholic Church, but in the Church of Ireland it was downgraded to a bishopric in 1838....

 from 14 August 1833. On the death of Archbishop Laurence of Cashel in 1838, the Province

Ecclesiastical Province

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 of Cashel was united to the Province of Dublin. The see

Episcopal See

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 ceased to be an archbishopric becoming instead the bishopric of Cashel and Waterford.

In 1977, the diocese was split; the former dioceses of Cashel, Waterford and Lismore merged with the "United Dioceses of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin" to become the United Dioceses of Cashel and Ossory

Diocese of Cashel and Ossory

The United Dioceses of Cashel and Ossory is a diocese of the Church of Ireland in southern Ireland...

. The remaining part - the former diocese of Emly - was merged with Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe

Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe

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List of Bishops of Cashel and Waterford

List of Bishops of Cashel and Waterford
From	Until	Ordinary	Notes
1839	1842	Stephen Creagh Sandes Stephen Creagh Sandes The Right Reverend Stephen Creagh Sandes, DD was a Church of Ireland bishop in the Nineteenth Century. A Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, he was consecrated Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh on 12 June 1836 and translated to Cashel, Emly, Waterford and Lismore in February...	Translated from Killaloe and Clonfert; nominated 23 January 1839; letters patent Letters patent Letters patent are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch or president, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, title, or status to a person or corporation...  February 1839; died 13 November 1842
1843	1872	Robert Daly, D.D. Robert Daly, D.D. Robert Daly, D.D., Bishop of Cashel and Waterford, 1783-1872.Daly was born at Dunsandle Castle, Loughrea, the newly built residence of his father, Denis Daly . His ancestor, Dermot Ó Daly Robert Daly, D.D., Bishop of Cashel and Waterford, 1783-1872.Daly was born at Dunsandle Castle, Loughrea, the... ,	Nominated 28 December 1842; consecrated Consecration Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service, usually religious. The word "consecration" literally means "to associate with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different groups...  29 January 1843; died 16 February 1872
1872	1899	Maurice FitzGerald Day	Elected 19 March 1872; consecrated 14 April 1872; resigned 30 September 1899; died 13 December 1904
1900	1919	Henry Stewart O'Hara	Elected 6 February 1900; consecrated 24 February 1900; resigned 31 March 1919; died 11 December 1923
1919	1931	Robert Miller	Elected 12 May 1919; consecrated 11 June 1919; died 13 March 1931
1931	1934	John Frederick McNeice John Frederick McNeice John Frederick MacNeice , was born at Omey, Co. Galway, to a Protestant family which claimed descent from the kin of the early Irish saint MacNissi. Opting for the Church of Ireland ministry he served notably as rector of Carrickfergus, Co...	Elected 29 April 1931; consecrated 24 June 1931; translated to Down, Connor and Dromore Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore The Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Down, Connor and Dromore; comprising all County Down and County Antrim, including the city of Belfast.-History:...  12 December 1934
1935	1958	Thomas Arnold Harvey	Elected 25 January 1935; consecrated 25 March 1935; resigned 15 May 1958; died 25 December 1966
1958	1968	William Cecil De Pauley	Elected 18 June 1958; consecrated 29 September 1958; died 30 March 1968
1968	1977	John Ward Armstrong John Ward Armstrong John Ward Armstrong was an Irish Anglican bishop. He was the Archbishop of Armagh from 1980 to 1986 having previously been the Bishop of Cashel and Ossory from 1968 to 1980 and the Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1958 to 1968.Armstrong was born in Belfast and educated at the Belfast...	Elected 22 May 1968; consecrated 21 September 1968; became Bishop of Cashel and Ossory Bishop of Cashel and Ossory The Bishop of Cashel and Ossory is the Ordinary of the United Diocese of Cashel, Waterford and Lismore with Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin in the Church of Ireland...  in 1977
Since 1977, the see has been part of the united diocese of Cashel and Ossory Diocese of Cashel and Ossory The United Dioceses of Cashel and Ossory is a diocese of the Church of Ireland in southern Ireland... .