The Bishop of Roscrea ( ga, Easpuig Ros Cré) was an
episcopal
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*Of or relating to a bishop, an overseer in the Christian church
*Episcopate, the see of a bishop – a diocese
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title which took its name after the town of
Roscrea in
County Tipperary,
Ireland.
Roscrea monastery was founded by Saint
Crónán of Roscrea in the 7th century, and from which the modern town grew around it. In March 1152, the diocese of Roscrea was one of the twenty-four dioceses established at the
Synod of Kells.
There are only two known
diocesan bishops of Roscrea: Ísác O Cuanáin who died in 1161 and Ua Cerbaill who died in 1168.
[ By the end of the 12th century, Roscrea had been incorporated into the bishopric of Killaloe.]
Titular bishops of Ros Cré
References
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Ros Cre
Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe
Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe
Ros Cre
Former Roman Catholic bishoprics in Ireland