Charles O'Reilly (died 1800) was an
Irish Roman Catholic
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prelate
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who served as the
Bishop of Kilmore
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from 1798 to 1800.
He was appointed the
Coadjutor Bishop
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The coa ...
of the
Kilmore and
Titular Bishop
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of
Fussala
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Situati ...
by
Pope Pius VI
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on 17 May 1793.
[, ''Handbook of British Chronology'', p. 436.][, ''A New History of Ireland'', volume IX, p. 350.] On the death of
Denis Maguire, O'Reilly automatically succeeded as the
diocesan bishop of
Kilmore on 23 December 1798.
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Bishop O'Reilly died in office on 6 March 1800.][
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Year of birth unknown
1800 deaths
18th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland
Roman Catholic bishops of Kilmore
Place of birth missing
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