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Biography

Maurice MacGibbon was ordained a priest in the

Cistercian Order The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Sain ...

. On 4 June 1567, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Pius V Pope Pius V ( it, Pio V; 17 January 1504 – 1 May 1572), born Antonio Ghislieri (from 1518 called Michele Ghislieri, O.P.), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 January 1566 to his death in May 1572. He is v ...

. On 15 June 1567, he was consecrated bishop by Egidio Valenti,

Bishop of Nepi e Sutri The diocese of Nepi-Sutri was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in central Italy, created in 1435 by unifying the diocese of Nepi and the diocese of Sutri. It existed until 1986, when it was united into the current diocese of Cività Castell ...

, with

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, Bishop of Saint Asaph, and Giacomo Galletti, Bishop of Alessano, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Cashel until his death in 1578.

References

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