Uilliam Ó Fearghail (William O’Ferral; died 1516) was a

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

prelate:"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p182

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 he served as

Bishop of Ardagh The Bishop of Ardagh was a separate Episcopal polity, episcopal title which took its name after the village of Ardagh, County Longford in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It was used by the Roman Catholic Church until 1756, and intermittently by t ...

(1480–1516).GCatholic.org: "Diocese of Ardagh"
retrieved January 30, 2016

Biography

Uilliam Ó Fearghail was ordained a priest in the

Order of Cistercians The Cistercians (), officially the Order of Cistercians (, 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 Saint Benedict, as well as the contri ...

. On 4 Aug 1480, Uilliam Ó Fearghail was appointed by

Pope Sixtus IV Pope Sixtus IV (or Xystus IV, ; born Francesco della Rovere; (21 July 1414 – 12 August 1484) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 August 1471 until his death in 1484. His accomplishments as pope included ...

. He was consecrated bishop on 11 August 1482. He served as Bishop of Ardagh until his death in 1516. While bishop, he served as principal co-consecrator of Michael Hildebrand, Archbishop of Riga (1484).

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1516 deaths 16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland Bishops appointed by Pope Sixtus IV Cistercian bishops 15th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland {{Ireland-RC-bishop-stub