Tomas Ó Mellaig,
Bishop of Annaghdown
The Bishop of Annaghdown (or Annadown, Enachdune, Eanach Dúin) is an Episcopal polity, episcopal title which takes its name after the small village of Annaghdown in County Galway, Ireland.
The bishop was originally the Ordinary (Catholic Church ...
, died after 27 May 1250.
Ó Mellaig was a native of what is now
County Galway
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, where his
surname
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is now rendered Melia. He was a kinsman of the first
bishop
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,
Conn Ua Mellaig
Conn Ua Mellaig (died 1202) was the Bishop of Annaghdown.
Ua Mellaig was a native of what is now County Galway, where his surname is now rendered Melia.
He attended the coronation of Richard I of England on 17 September 1189. He died in office ...
, though their exact relationship is unknown.
He was consecrated about 1242 but it is not clear if he ever physically occupied the see, as he acted as a
suffragan
A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations.
In the Catholic Church, a suffragan bishop leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese; the diocese led ...
bishop in the
Diocese of Lincoln
The Diocese of Lincoln forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire.
History
The diocese traces its roots in an unbroken line to the Pre-Reformation Diocese of Leice ...
in 1246. According to Moody, he may have been deprived of the bishopric on 28 May 1247. He is believed to have died after 27 May 1250.
See also
*
Conn Ua Mellaig
Conn Ua Mellaig (died 1202) was the Bishop of Annaghdown.
Ua Mellaig was a native of what is now County Galway, where his surname is now rendered Melia.
He attended the coronation of Richard I of England on 17 September 1189. He died in office ...
,
Bishop of Annaghdown
The Bishop of Annaghdown (or Annadown, Enachdune, Eanach Dúin) is an Episcopal polity, episcopal title which takes its name after the small village of Annaghdown in County Galway, Ireland.
The bishop was originally the Ordinary (Catholic Church ...
, died 1202
*
Tomás Ó Mellaig, bishop-elect, fl. 1329
*
Careena Melia,
actress
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*
Cian Melia, Irish showjumper
References
* ''A New History of Ireland: Volume IX - Maps, Genealogies, Lists'', ed. T.W. Moody, F.X. Martin, F.J. Byrne, pp. 322–324.
External links
* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/
* http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=
* http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Galway_North_Urban/Mainguard_St__part_/901714/
Christian clergy from County Galway
13th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland
Bishops of Annaghdown
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