The Bishop of Kilmore is an

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title which takes its name after the parish of

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it remains a separate title, but in the

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it has been united with other bishoprics.

History

The

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of Kilmore was originally known as Breifne (

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: ''Tirbrunensis'', ''Tybruinensis'' or ''Triburnia'';

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: ''Tír mBriúin'', meaning "the land of the descendants of

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", one of the kings of Connaught) and took its name after the

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., ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 362. Ireland900

The see became one of the dioceses approved by Giovanni Cardinal Paparoni at the

synod of Kells The Synod of Kells (, ) took place in 1152, under the presidency of Giovanni Cardinal Paparoni, and continued the process begun at the Synod of Ráth Breasail (1111) of reforming the Irish church. The sessions were divided between the abbeys of ...

in 1152, and has approximately the same boundaries as those of the ancient

. In the

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, the bishops were recorded of ''Breifne'', ''Breifni'', ''Breifny'', ''Tir-Briuin'', or ''Ui-Briuin-Breifne''. In the second half of the 12th century, it is likely the sees of Breifne and Kells were ruled together under one bishop., ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 357. In 1172, Tuathal Ua Connachtaig took the

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to King

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as bishop of Kells., ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 363. Soon after 1211 the see of Kells was incorporated into the

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. In 1454,

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gave permission for the then bishop, Aindrias Mac Brádaigh (

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: Andrew McBrady), to have the ancient church at Kilmore, founded in the 6th century by

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(or Feithlimidh), to be the

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of the diocese. This building passed into the hands of the

at the

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, and, following the construction of a new cathedral, is now used as a

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.St. Feithlimidh's Cathedral, Kilmore
. ''Travelmania''. Retrieved 29 May 2011. After the upheavals of the Reformation, there were parallel

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s: one of the Church of Ireland and the other of the

. In the Church of Ireland, the title was intermittently held with Ardagh until they were finally united in 1839. In 1841, the sees of Kilmore and Ardagh were amalgamated with Elphin to form the united bishopric of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh. The current incumbent is The Right Reverend Samuel Ferran Glenfield M.A. M.Th. (Oxon.) M.Litt. He was elected, consecrated, and installed in 2013. In the Roman Catholic, the title continues as a separate bishopric. The current

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of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kilmore The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kilmore ( ga, Deoise na Cille Móire; la, Dioecesis Kilmorensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese which is mainly in the Republic of Ireland although a few parishes are in Northern Ireland. It is one of eight suffragan ...

is the Most Reverend Martin Hayes, who was appointed as the diocesan bishop on 29 June and installed at the Cathedral Church of Saints Patrick and Felim, Cavan on 20 September 2020.

Pre-Reformation bishops

Bishops during the Reformation

During the Reformation, Edmund Nugent and John MacBrady were at one time or another bishops of either the Church of Ireland or Roman Catholic succession. They were each appointed as Roman Catholic bishops, but later accepted or recognized as

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bishops.

Post-Reformation bishops

Church of Ireland succession

Roman Catholic succession

Notes

* These two are possibly the same individual. * Cormac Mág Shamhradháin and Tomás Mac Brádaigh were rival bishops, and probably supported by rival

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within the diocese. They were present at

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councils held by Ottaviano Spinelli de Palatio,

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, in 1492 and 1495, and were both then recognized as bishops of Kilmore. But Diarmaid Ó Raghillaigh was appointed to the see in 1512 before Cormac's death, though Cormac was still maintaining his rights at that date.

References

Bibliography

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