Ross Roe MacMahon (born 1698 in Enagh, County Monaghan) was ordained to the priesthood in 1727. He was appointed as
Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher
The Bishop of Clogher is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Clogher in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Following the Reformation, there are now parallel apostolic successions: one of the Church of Ireland and the o ...
on 8 November 1738 following the appointment of his predecessor,
Bernard MacMahon, to the see of
Armagh on 8 November 1737.
History of Bishop Ross Roe MacMahon
/ref> Bishop MacMahon was himself appointed to the same see on 3 August 1747; he died in Armagh on 29 October 1748. Bishop MacMahon served as Bishop of Clogher for just under nine years.
See also
*Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher ( ga, Deoise Chlochair) was formed in 1111 at the Synod of Rathbreasail as the see for the Kingdom of Uí Chremthainn. It is part of the Province of Armagh.
The original cathedral was in the village of C ...
References
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Roman Catholic bishops of Clogher
1698 births
1748 deaths
Christian clergy from County Monaghan
18th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland
Roman Catholic archbishops of Armagh