Hugh O'Carolan (in some sources O'Cervallan) was Bishop of Clogher from 1537 to 1557.[1]

The Rector of Donaghmore,[2] he was appointmented by Pope Paul III on 6 August 1535 and consecrated in January 1537.[3] On 1 October 1542 O'Carolan renounced his papal appointment, and was re-appointed by King Henry VIII.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 0713642556
  2. ↑ Clogher clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Clogher, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, etc" Leslie, J.B. p 7: Enniskille; R. H. Ritchie; 1929
  3. ↑ Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. A New History of Ireland. Volume IX. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.
  4. ↑ Cotton, Henry (1849). Fasti ecclesiae hibernicae : the succession of the prelates and members of the cathedral bodies in Ireland. Vol. 3: The province of Ulster. London: Hodges and Smith. pp. 267 and 281.
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