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The Bishop of Cork and Cloyne was an episcopal

Episcopal polity

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title which took its name after the city of Cork

Cork (city)

Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...

and the town of Cloyne

Cloyne

Cloyne is a small town to the south-east of the town of Midleton in eastern County Cork, Province of Munster, Ireland. It is also a see city of the Anglican Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, while also giving its name to a Roman Catholic diocese...

in southern Ireland

Ireland

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History

The see was formed by the union of the bishoprics of Cork

Bishop of Cork

The Bishop of Cork was a separate episcopal title which took its name after the city of Cork in southern Ireland. The title is now united with other bishoprics...

and Cloyne

Bishop of Cloyne

The Bishop of Cloyne is an episcopal title which takes its name after the small town of Cloyne in County Cork, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it is a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics....

in 1429. Following the Reformation

English Reformation

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, there were parallel apostolic succession

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s: one of the Church of Ireland

Church of Ireland

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and the other of the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

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Pre-Reformation bishops

Pre-Reformation Bishops of Cork and Cloyne
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1429	1469	Jordan Purcell	Appointed 15 June 1429; confirmed 6 January 1432; received possession of temporalities Temporalities Temporalities are the secular properties and possessions of the Christian Church. It is most often used to describe those properties that were used to support a bishop or other religious person or establishment. Its opposite description would be the spiritualities.In the Middle Ages, the... 25 September 1432; resigned after 18 April 1469.
1463	1477	Gerald FitzGerald	Appointed before 3 February 1462; died circa 1477.
1472	1490	William Roche	Appointed 26 October 1472; resigned before April 1490.
1490	1492	Thaddeus McCarthy Thaddeus McCarthy Blessed Thaddeus McCarthy was an Irish ecclesiastic, who was appointed Bishop of Ross, Ireland in 1482 and Bishop of Cork and Cloyne in 1490. His feast day is 25 October.- Early life :...	Bishop-designate of Ross; appointed 21 April 1490; died 24 October 1492; beatified Beatification Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name . Beatification is the third of the four steps in the canonization process... by Pope Leo XIII Pope Leo XIII Pope Leo XIII , born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci to an Italian comital family, was the 256th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, reigning from 1878 to 1903... on 14 September 1896; also known as Tadhg Mac Cartaigh.
1499		Patrick Cant, O.Cist.	Abbot of Fermoy; appointed 15 February 1499, but annulled 26 June 1499.
1499	1520	John fitzEdmund FitzGerald	Appointed 26 June 1499; died before 27 August 1520.
1523	1536	John Bennet	Appointed 28 January 1523; died 1536.

Church of Ireland succussion

Church of Ireland Bishops of Cork and Cloyne
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1536	1557	Dominic Tirrey	Nominated by King Henry VIII Henry VIII of England Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France... 11 June 1536; 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... 25 September 1536; absolved of schism by Cardinal Pole 27 November 1556; died circa August 1557.
1557	1567	Roger Skiddy	Grant of Temporalities Temporalities Temporalities are the secular properties and possessions of the Christian Church. It is most often used to describe those properties that were used to support a bishop or other religious person or establishment. Its opposite description would be the spiritualities.In the Middle Ages, the... 2 November 1557 and confirmed by letters patent in 1562; consecrated 30 October 1562; resigned 18 March 1567
1570	1571	Richard Dixon	Nominated 17 May and letters patent 6 June 1570; deprived 8 November 1571
1572	1582/83	Matthew Sheyn	Nominated 2 January and letters patent 29 May 1572; died 1582 or 1583
In 1583, the see combined with Ross and formed the united see of Cork, Cloyne and Ross Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross The Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross is the Church of Ireland Ordinary of the united Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross in the Province of Dublin....

Roman Catholic succession

Roman Catholic Bishops of Cork and Cloyne
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1540		*Lewis Macnamara*, O.F.M.	Appointed 24 September 1540, but not consecrated
1540	1556	John O'Heyne	Appointed 5 November 1540; died before 1556; also administered the Diocese of Elphin Roman Catholic Diocese of Elphin The Diocese of Elphin is a Roman Catholic diocese in the western part of Ireland. It is in the Metropolitan Province of Tuam and is subject to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tuam. The current Bishop is Dr. Christopher Jones DD who was appointed in 1994.-Geographical remit:The diocese covers parts... 1545-1556
1556	1557	Dominic Tirrey	Appointed as the Church of Ireland bishop by King Henry VIII Henry VIII of England Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France... in 1536; absolved of schism by Cardinal Pole 27 November 1556; died circa August 1557
1557	1567	*Roger Skiddy*	Granted by the order of Queen Mary Mary I of England Mary I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded Henry in 1547... 18 September 1557; consecrated papali ritu 30 October 1561, but was not recognised in Rome; resigned 1567
1568	1574	Nicholas Landes	Appointed 27 February 1568; died circa 1574
1574	1579	Edmund Tanner Edmund Tanner Edmund Tanner was an Irish Jesuit, Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, Ireland, from 1574 to 1579.The statement in his brief of appointment that he was born in the ecclesiastical Province of Dublin is all that is known of his early life. His surname was borne by persons of humble station at...	Appointed 5 November 1574; died 4 June 1579
1580	1603	Dermot McCraghe	Appointed 12 October 1580; died after 1603
apptd. 1614		*James Miagh*	Appointed vicar apostolic of Cork and Cloyne by papal brief Papal brief The Papal Brief is a formal document emanating from the Pope, in a somewhat simpler and more modern form than a Papal Bull.-History:The introduction of briefs, which occurred at the beginning of the pontificate of Pope Eugenius IV , was clearly prompted for the same desire for greater simplicity... 3 September 1614
apptd. 1621		*Robert Miagh*	Appointed vicar apostolic of Cork and Cloyne by papal brief 13 July 1621
1622	1646	William Tirry	Appointed 24 January 1622; died March. 1646
1647	1662	Robert Barry	Appointed 8 April 1647; died 6 July 1662
1662	1676	See vacant
1676	1693	Peter Creagh	Appointed 13 May 1676; translated to Dublin Archbishop of Dublin The Archbishop of Dublin may refer to:* Archbishop of Dublin – an article which lists of pre- and post-Reformation archbishops.* Archbishop of Dublin – the title of the senior cleric who presides over the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin.... 9 March 1693;
From 1693 to 1747, the Roman Catholic bishops were also Apostolic Administrator Apostolic Administrator An apostolic administrator in the Roman Catholic Church is a prelate appointed by the Pope to serve as the ordinary for an apostolic administration... s of Ross
1693	1712	John Baptist Sleyne, O.S.A.	Appointed 13 April 1693; resigned 22 January 1712; died 16 February 1712
1712	1726	Donagh MacCarthy	Appointed 16 July 1712; died March. 1726
1727	1747	Thaddeus MacCarthy	Appointed 7 April 1727; died 14 August 1747
In 1747, the see was separated into the bishopric of Cork Bishop of Cork The Bishop of Cork was a separate episcopal title which took its name after the city of Cork in southern Ireland. The title is now united with other bishoprics... and the bishopric of Cloyne and Ross

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