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{{EngvarB|date=October 2013}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}The Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe (usually simply referred to as the Bishop of Ardfert) was an episcopal title which took its name after the village of Ardfert and townland of Aghadoe, both in County Kerry, Republic of Ireland.

History

The diocese of Ráith Maighe Deiscirt was one of the twenty-four dioceses established at the Synod of Rathbreasail in 1111 and was co-extensive with the kingdom of Iarmuman; which consisted all of County Kerry and a small part of County Cork.WEB, The Dioceses of Ireland: Territorial History,www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/diocese.htm, RootsWeb, 18 May 2009, The bishop’s seat (Cathedra) was originally located at Rathass near Tralee, but by 1117, it had been moved to Ardfert Cathedral. At the Synod of Kells in 1152, the diocese lost some territory when the diocese of Scattery Island was established.After the Reformation, there were parallel apostolic successions. In the Church of Ireland, the title continued until 1661 when it united with Limerick to form the bishopric of Limerick, Ardfert andAghadoe. The Roman Catholic Church title continued until 1952 when it changed its name to the bishopric of Kerry.

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unknown	1117|Anmchad O h-Anmchada|Died in office

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bef. 1152	1161|Máel Brénainn Ua Rónáin|Called Bishop of Kerry at the Synod of Kells in 1152; died 21 September 1161

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unknown	1193|Domnall O Connairche|Called Bishop of Iar Mumhan (West Munster); died in office

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1197	1207|David Ua Duibdithrib|Called Bishop of Iar Mumhan (West Munster); elected before 1197; confirmed in 1200 or 1201; died in office

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unknown	c.1217|(name not known)|Died in office

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1217	1224	John, Order of Saint Benedict>O.S.B.|Elected circa 1217; consecrated before 28 February 1218; acted as a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Canterbury; deprived by the Papal legate 18 June 1224; died 14 October 1245

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1218	1235|Gilbertus|Elected before 28 February 1218; confirmed after 16 July 1219; resigned after 24 April 1235

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1236	1251|Brendán|Elected after 6 December 1236; confirmed 17 November 1237; resigned 1 August 1251; died before 20 April 1252

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1253	1256	Christianus, Dominican Order>O.P.|Elected before 23 February 1253; consecrated after 17 August 1253; died before 20 August 1256

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1257	1264|Philippus|Elected before 25 March 1257; consecrated 1257; died before 4 July 1264

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1265	1286	John (Bishop of Ardfert)>John|Elected before 3 March 1265; died before 6 June 1286

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1286	1288|Nicolaus|Elected after 28 June 1286; died 14 March 1288

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1288	1335	Nicol Ó Samradáin, Cistercians>O.Cist.|Elected after 26 April 1288; died 1335

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1331|(Edmund of Caermarthen, O.P.)|Appointed and consecrated 24 September 1331, but did not get possession

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1335	1347|Ailín Ó hEichtigihirn|Elected circa 1335; provided and consecrated 18 November 1336; died 2 December 1347

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1348	1372|John de Valle|Elected before October 1348; provided 22 October 1348; died before October 1372

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1372	c.1379	Cornelius Ó Tigernach, Franciscan>O.F.M.|Appointed 22 October 1372; died circa 1379

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1380	c.1404|William Bull	temporalities from the Richard II of England>king 14 February 1380; died circa 1404

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1404	1405|Nicholas Ball	Bishop of Emly>Emly 2 December 1405

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1405|(Tomás Ó Ceallaigh, O.P.)		Bishop of Clonfert>Clonfert 11 March 1405

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1405	1411|John Attilburgh, O.S.B.|Appointed 10 March 1405; confirmed by Antipope Alexander V 25 October 1409 (in opposition to Nicholas FitzMaurice); died before January 1411; also known as John Artilburch

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1408	1450|Nicholas FitzMaurice|Appointed before 17 September 1408; confirmed by Antipope Pope John XXIII 27 January 1411; died before April 1450

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1450	1451|Maurice Slack|Appointed 30 January 1450; consecrated after 29 April 1450; died before January 1452

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1452	1458|Mauricius Ó Conchobhair|Appointed 26 January 1452; consecrated after 11 February 1452; died before September 1458

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1458/88	1488|John Stack|Appointed by Pope Pius II 18 September 1458; consecrated circa 1461; confirmed by Pope Sixtus IV 15 March 1488; died October 1488

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1461	1475|John Pigge, O.P.|Appointed by Pope Pius II 27 March 1461; resigned before 22 June 1473; translated to Beirut before 1475; also was rector of St Christopher, Threadneedle Street, London 1462–1483

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1473/88	1495|Philip Stack|Appointed by Pope Sixtus IV 26 June 1473, but set aside; provided again by Pope Innocent VIII 27 October 1488; died before November 1495

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1495	1536|John FitzGerald|Appointed 20 November 1495; died before May 1536

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1536	1583|James FitzMaurice, O.Cist.	David Wolfe (Jesuit)>Fr David Wolfe SJ described all the bishops in Munster as ‘adherents of Elizabeth I of England	’;RIGG, J.M.	LOCATION=LONDON - H M STATIONERY OFFICE	PAGE=49, NO. 108, died 1583; also known as James FitzRichard, FitzRichard Pierce or FitzRichard Piers

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Source(s):FRYDE, E. B. >AUTHOR2=GREENWAY, D. E.	AUTHOR4=ROY, I.	EDITION=THIRD	LOCATION=CAMBRIDGE	ISBN=0-521-56350-X		TITLE=THE SUCCESSION OF THE PRELATES AND MEMBERS OF THE CATHEDRAL BODIES OF IRELAND	SERIES= FASTI ECCLESIAE HIBERNIAE	YEAR=1851	LOCATION=DUBLIN, 433–440,

Post-Reformation bishops

Church of Ireland succession{| class“wikitable” style@width:95%;” border“1” cellpadding“2”

! colspan=“4” style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;“|Church of Ireland Bishops of Ardfert and Aghadoevalign=center! style="background-color:#D4B1BB” width=“10%“|From! style="background-color:#D4B1BB” width=“10%“|Until! style="background-color:#D4B1BB” width=“30%“|Incumbent! style="background-color:#D4B1BB” width=“45%“|Notesvalign=top bgcolor=“white”

1588	c.1599|Nicholas Kenan|Nominated 26 June 1588; letters patent 22 October 1588; died circa 1599

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1600	1621	John Crosbie (bishop)>John Crosbie|Nominated 2 October 1600; letters patent 15 December 1600; died September 1621

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1621	1628	John Steere (bishop)>John Steere	Bishop of Kilfenora>Kilfenora; nominated 8 December 1621; letters patent 20 July 1622; died May 1628

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1628	1638	William Steere (priest)>William Steere|Nominated 21 July 1628; consecrated October 1628; died 21 January 1638

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1641	1661|Thomas Fulwar	Archbishop of Cashel>Cashel 1 February 1661

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In 1661, the see became part of the united bishopric of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe

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Source(s):Fryde, ibid., p. 379.

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1591	c.1600|Michael Fitzwalter	Appointment of Catholic bishops>appointed 9 August 1591; died circa 1600

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appointed 1601|Michael Egan		Apostolic vicariate>vicar apostolic to administer the see by papal brief 1 December 1601

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c.1611	c.1650|Richard O’Connell|Appointed as vicar apostolic circa 1611 and as bishop 16 September 1641; consecrated 10 June 1643; died circa 1650; also recorded as Rickard O’Connell

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appointed 1657|Moriarty O’Brien|Appointed vicar apostolic to administer the see by papal brief 17 April 1657

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appointed 1700|Aeneas O’Leyne|Appointed vicar apostolic to administer the see by papal brief 12 March 1700

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1720	1739|Denis Moriarty|Appointed 7 March 1720; died February 1739

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1739	1743|Eugene O’Sullivan|Appointed 24 April 1739; died 1743

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1743	1753|William O’Meara	Bishop of Killaloe>Killaloe 23 February 1753

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1753	1774|Nicholas Madgett|Translated from Killaloe 23 February 1753; died in August 1774

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1775	1786|Francis Moylan	Bishop of Cork>Cork 3 June 1787

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1787	1797|Gerard Teehan|Appointed 19 June 1787; died 4 (or 5) July 1797

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1798	1824|Charles Sughrue|Appointed 6 February 1798; consecrated 11 June 1798; died 29 September 1824

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1824	1856|Cornelius Egan|Appointed coadjutor bishop 4 April and consecrated 25 July 1824; succeeded 29 September 1824; died 22 July 1856

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1856	1877|David Moriarty|Appointed coadjutor bishop 18 February and consecrated 25 April 1854; succeeded 22 July 1856; died 1 October 1877

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1878	1881|Daniel McCarthy|Appointed 7 June and consecrated 25 August 1878; died 23 July 1881

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1881	1889|Andrew Higgins|Appointed 18 December 1881; consecrated 5 February 1882; died 1 May 1889

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1889	1904|John Coffey|Appointed 27 August and consecrated 10 November 1889; died 14 April 1904

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1904	1917|John Mangan|Appointed 8 July and consecrated 18 September 1904; died 1 July 1917

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1917	1927|Charles O’Sullivan|Appointed 10 November 1917; consecrated 27 January 1918; died 29 January 1927

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1927	1952|Michael O’Brien|Appointed 9 May and consecrated 24 July 1927; died 4 October 1952

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On 20 December 1952, the diocese and bishopric changed its name to Kerry.

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Source(s):Fryde, ibid., pp. 430–431.DIOCESE OF KERRY >URL=HTTP://WWW.CATHOLIC-HIERARCHY.ORG/DIOCESE/DKERR.HTML	ACCESS-DATE=18 MAY 2009, DIOCESE OF KERRY >URL=HTTP://WWW.GCATHOLIC.ORG/DIOCESES/DIOCESE/KERR0.HTM	ACCESS-DATE=18 MAY 2009,

References

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External links

• GENUKI – Ardfert
• GENUKI – Aghadoe