Bishop of Cork and Cloyne

The Bishop of Cork and Cloyne was an episcopal title which took its name after the city of Cork and the town of Cloyne in southern Ireland.

History The see was formed by the union of the bishoprics of Cork and Cloyne in 1429. Following the Reformation, there were parallel apostolic successions: one of the Church of Ireland and the other of the Roman Catholic Church.

Pre-Reformation bishops Pre-Reformation Bishops of Cork and CloyneFromUntilIncumbentNotes14291469Jordan PurcellAppointed 15 June 1429; confirmed 6 January 1432; received possession of temporalities 25 September 1432; resigned after 18 April 1469.14631477Gerald FitzGeraldAppointed before 3 February 1462; died circa 1477.14721490William RocheAppointed 26 October 1472; resigned before April 1490.14901492Thaddeus McCarthyBishop-designate of Ross; appointed 21 April 1490; died 24 October 1492; beatified by Pope Leo XIII on 14 September 1896; also known as Tadhg Mac Cartaigh.1499Patrick Cant, O.Cist.Abbot of Fermoy; appointed 15 February 1499, but annulled 26 June 1499.14991520John fitzEdmund FitzGeraldAppointed 26 June 1499; died before 27 August 1520.15231536John BennetAppointed 28 January 1523; died 1536.

Post-Reformation bishops

Church of Ireland succession Church of Ireland Bishops of Cork and CloyneFryde, ibid., pp. 385–386.FromUntilIncumbentNotes15361557Dominic Tirrey Nominated by King Henry VIII 11 June 1536; letters patent 25 September 1536; probably swore the Oath of Supremacy at Clonmel early in 1539 absolved of schism by Cardinal Pole 27 November 1556; died circa August 1557.15571567Roger Skiddy Grant of Temporalities 2 November 1557 and confirmed by letters patent in 1562; consecrated 30 October 1562; appointed on a commission in 1564 to administer the Oath of Supremacy; resigned 18 March 156715701571Richard DixonNominated 17 May and letters patent 6 June 1570; deprived 8 November 157115721582/83Matthew SheynNominated 2 January and letters patent 29 May 1572; died 1582 or 1583 In 1583, the see combined with Ross and formed the united see of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

Roman Catholic succession Roman Catholic Bishops of Cork and CloyneFryde, ibid., p. 422.FromUntilIncumbentNotes1540Lewis Macnamara, O.F.M.Appointed 24 September 1540, but not consecrated15401556John O'HeyneAppointed 5 November 1540; died before 1556; also administered the Diocese of Elphin 1545-155615561557Dominic Tirrey Appointed as the Church of Ireland bishop by King Henry VIII in 1536; absolved of schism by Cardinal Pole 27 November 1556; died circa August 155715571567Roger Skiddy Granted by the order of Queen Mary 18 September 1557; said to have been consecrated papali ritu 30 October 1562, although this statement has been called 'untenable';Bolster, ibid., p. 59 appointed on a commission in 1564 to administer the Oath of Supremacy;Bolster, ibid., p. 59 resigned 1567; "he was not recognized by Rome. He is ... condemned ... because he was reappointed by Elizabeth on 31 July 1562 ... he certainly accepted the supremacy when he accepted his appointment from Elizabeth"Bolster, ibid., p. 6015681574Nicholas LandesAppointed 27 February 1568; died circa 157415741579Edmund TannerAppointed 5 November 1574; died 4 June 157915801603Dermot McCragheAppointed 12 October 1580; died after 1603appointed 1614James MiaghAppointed vicar apostolic of Cork and Cloyne by papal brief 3 September 1614appointed 1621Robert MiaghAppointed vicar apostolic of Cork and Cloyne by papal brief 13 July 162116221646William TirryAppointed 24 January 1622; died March. 164616471662Robert BarryAppointed 8 April 1647; died 6 July 166216621676See vacant16761693Peter CreaghAppointed 13 May 1676; translated to Dublin 9 March 1693; From 1693 to 1747, the Roman Catholic bishops were also Apostolic Administrators of Ross16931712John Baptist Sleyne, O.S.A.Appointed 13 April 1693; resigned 22 January 1712; died 16 February 171217121726Donagh MacCarthyAppointed 16 July 1712; died March. 172617271747Thaddeus MacCarthyAppointed 7 April 1727; died 14 August 1747 In 1747, the see was separated into the bishopric of Cork and the bishopric of Cloyne and Ross

Notes Dominic Tirrey and Roger Skiddy were bishops of both successions.

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