The Bishop of Annaghdown (or Annadown, Enachdune, Eanach Dúin) is an
episcopal title which takes its name after the small village of
Annaghdown
Annaghdown ( ga, Eanach Dhúin, ) is a civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. It takes its name from ''Eanach Dhúin'', Irish for "the marsh of the fort". It lies around Annaghdown Bay, an inlet of Lough Corrib. Villages in the civil parish in ...
in
County Galway, Republic of Ireland.
The bishop was originally the
ordinary of the
diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
of
Annaghdown
Annaghdown ( ga, Eanach Dhúin, ) is a civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. It takes its name from ''Eanach Dhúin'', Irish for "the marsh of the fort". It lies around Annaghdown Bay, an inlet of Lough Corrib. Villages in the civil parish in ...
, which was established in the 12th century. The cathedral had a
dean
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People
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* Dean (South Korean singer), a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk
* Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean
Titles
* ...
,
chapter and four
vicars choral
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. Between 1253 and 1306, the bishopric was united to the
archbishopric of Tuam, although in this period there were two bishops.
During the
Reformation
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, there were two bishoprics; one of the
Church of Ireland
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and the other of the
Roman Catholic Church
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. They were re-united under
Queen Mary I
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. After 1555, Annaghdown was held by the Archbishops of Tuam. The union of the two was finally decreed on 17 October 1580.
[Fryde, ''Handbook of British Chronology'', pp. 378 and 413.]
In 1970, the Roman Catholic Church revived the title as the
Titular Bishop
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By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox ...
of Eanach Dúin. It is currently held by Bishop
Octavio Cisneros,
Auxiliary Bishop of
Brooklyn
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, New York, who was appointed on 6 June 2006.
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Pre-Reformation bishops
Post-Reformation bishops
Church of Ireland succession
Roman Catholic succession
Titular bishops of Eanach Dúin
See also
* Annaghdown Abbey
References
Bibliography
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External links
Annaghdown Cathedral
Crockford's Clerical Directory – Historical successions
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Lists of Anglican bishops and archbishops
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam
Lists of Irish bishops and archbishops
Diocese of Tuam, Killala and Achonry
Bishops of Tuam or Killala or of Achonry
Bishops of Annaghdown
Catholic titular sees in Europe