Fargal O'Reilly
Styles of Fargal O'Reilly |
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | My Lord |
Religious style | Bishop |
Fargal O'Reilly (or Farrell O'Reilly; died 1829) was an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Kilmore from 1807 to 1829.
A native of the parish of Bailieborough in County Cavan, Ireland,[1] he was the parish priest of Drumlane from 1790 to 1807. He was elected Bishop of the Diocese of Kilmore by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith on 4 October 1806[2] and was confirmed by Pope Pius VII on 14 December 1806.[2][3] O'Reilly's papal brief to the See of Kilmore was dated 16 January 1807 [2][3][4] and was consecrated on 24 August 1807 by the Most Reverend Richard O'Reilly, Archbishop of Armagh.[4][3][5]
He died in office on 30 April 1829,[4][3][5] and was buried in the graveyard at Moybolgue, near Bailieborough.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Brady 1876, The Episcopal Succession, volume 1, p. 287.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 350.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 436.
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Preceded by | Bishop of Kilmore 1807–1829 |
Succeeded by James Browne |