John Devereux was a 16th-century religious leader in Ireland. to 1555
He was
Dean of Ferns
The Dean of Ferns is based at The Cathedral Church of St Edan, Ferns in the united Diocese of Cashel and Ossory within the Church of Ireland.
The incumbent is Paul Mooney.
List
*1272-1282 Richard of Northampton (appointed Bishop of Ferns 1 ...
from 1559 to 1569 (the last three years
in commendam
In canon law, commendam (or ''in commendam'') was a form of transferring an ecclesiastical benefice ''in trust'' to the ''custody'' of a patron. The phrase ''in commendam'' was originally applied to the provisional occupation of an ecclesiastical ...
); and
Bishop of Ferns
The Bishop of Ferns () is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Ferns in County Wexford, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishopr ...
from 1566 until his death in 1578.
["Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton,H. p335 ]Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...
, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
References
16th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland
Bishops of Ferns
Deans of Ferns
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