Edmund Nugent, O.S.A. (died 1550) was an

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is c ...

Cotton (1849), ''The Province of Ulster'', p. 156. of the

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. Nugent was the last Prior of

Tristernagh Abbey Tristernagh Abbey ( ga, Mainistir Thriostarnaí, IPA: ˈmˠanʲəʃtʲəɾʲˈhɾʲɪsˠt̪ˠəɾˠn̪ˠiː), also known as the Priory of Kilbixy or Kilbisky, Tristernagh Priory, or the priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Tristernagh, is a ru ...

.Moody, Martin, and Byrne (1984), ''A New History of Ireland'', volume IX, pp. 289, 349, and 404. He was appointed bishop on 22 January 1530, but continued to hold the abbey in commendam until he surrendered it to King Henry VIII in 1536 and accepted

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. He was deprived of the Roman Catholic see by Pope Paul III in 1540, but continued as the Church of Ireland bishop until his death in 1550.Fryde, Greenway, Porter, and Roy (1986), ''Handbook of British Chronology'', pp. 363, 398 and 436.

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Year of birth unknown 1550 deaths Bishops of Kilmore 16th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Place of birth missing {{anglican-bishop-stub