Bishop of Clogher

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The Bishop of Clogher is the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland Diocese of Clogher.

The Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic Church each have a Diocese of Clogher and each its own diocesan bishop and hierarchy.

The Diocese is Clogher is unique in having two diocesan cathedrals within a single diocese, with one Dean and chapter between them: the Cathedral Church of Saint Macartan, Clogher and the Cathedral Church of Saint Macartin, Ennsikillen.

The diocese covers much of south west Ulster, taking in most of Fermanagh and Monaghan and parts of Cavan, Leitrim and Donegal. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Michael Jackson.

For details of the Roman Catholic bishops see Bishop of Clogher (Roman Catholic)

[edit] List of pre-reformation Bishops of Clogher

The details of the earlier bishops vary considerably between sources.

Note: Moelisa is probably a nickname, and means the servant of Christ

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
???? to ????	Macartin	Saint Macartin
???? to ?ante506	Tigernach	Saint Tigernach
???? to ?ante550	Sinell	Saint Sinell
???? to ????	Feidlimid
???? to ?ante571	Laserian	Saint Laserian
???? to ????	Aidan	Became Bishop of Lindisfarne; Saint Aidan
???? to ????	Airmeadach
???? to ?ante731	Foeldobar
???? to ?ante898	Ailill
???? to ?ante929	Cenfail	Saint Cenfail
1126 to 1139	Christian O’Morgair
1139 to 1182	Edan O’Kelly
1182 to 1184	Moelisa O’Carol	Translated to Armagh
1184 to 1191	Christian O’Macturan	Abbot of Clonmacnois
1191 to 1195	Moelisa Mac-Mail-Ciaran	Abbot of Mellifont; surname lost – nickname means son of the servant of Saint Kieran
1195 to 1218	Tigernach MacGilla Ronan
1218 to 1227	Donato Fidatra	Translated to Armagh
1227 to 1240	Nehemiah O’Brogan
1240 to 1268	David O’Brogan
1268 to 1287	Michael MacAntsair	Archdeacon
1287 to 1316	Matthew MacCatusaid I.	Chancellor of Armagh
1316 to 1320	Gelasius O’Banan
1320 to 1356	Nicholas MacCatasaid	Archdeacon
1356 to 1361	Bernard MacCamaill	Archdeacon
???? to 1370	Odo O’Neal	Chancellor of Armagh
1370 to 1389	O’Corcroin
1389 to 1432	Arthur MacCamaill	Archdeacon
1432 to 1449	Peter Macguire	Archdeacon
1449 to 1485	Roger Macguire
1485 to ????	Edmund Courcy	Translated to Ross
???? to ????	vacant	For 8 years
???? to 1502	Nehemiah Clonin	Resigned
1504 to 1505	Patrick O’Conolly	Abbot of SS Peter and Paul, Clonmacnois
1505 to c.1514	Eugene Mac Camoeil	Dean
c.1514 to 1519	vacant	For 4 years
1519 to c.1534	Patrick Cullin
c.1534 to 1542	vacant	For 8 years
1542 to 1570	Hugh O’Cervallan

[edit] Post-reformation Church of Ireland See of Clogher

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
1570 to 1571	Miler Magrath	First protestant bishop; translated to Cashel
1570 to 1605	vacant
1605 to 1621	George Montgomery	Dean of Norwich; also Bishop of Derry and Raphoe then, after resigning these, Bishop of Meath
1621 to 1645	James Spottiswood
1645 to 1661	Henry Jones	Dean of Ardagh; translated to Meath
1661 to 1671	John Lesley	Tranlated from Raphoe
1671 to 1672	Robert Lesley	Translated from Raphoe
1672 to 1691	Roger Boyle	Translated from Down & Connor
1691 to 1697	Richard Tennison	Translated from Killala & Achonry; translated to Meath
1697 to 1717	George Ash	Translated from Cloyne; translated to Derry; Saint George Ash
1717 to 1745	John Sterne	Translated from Dromore
1745 to 1758	Robert Clayton	Translated from Cork & Ross
1758 to 1782	John Garnet	Translated from Leighlin & Ferns
1782 to 1796	John Hotham	Translated from Ossory
1796 to 1798	William Foster	Translated from Kilmore
1798 to 1819	John Porter	Translated from Killala
1819 to 1820	Lord John George de la Poer Beresford	Translated from Raphoe; translated to Dublin
1820 to 1822	The Honourable Percy Jocelyn	Translated from Leighlinbridge
1822 to 1850	Lord Robert Ponsonby Tottenham	Translated from Ferns & Leighlin
1850	See united to Armagh
1850 to 1862	LordGeorge John de la Poer Beresford, Archbishop of Armagh and Bishop of Clogher	Hitherto Archbishop of Armagh
1862 to 1886	Marcus Gervaise Beresford, Archbishop of Armagh and Bishop of Clogher	Died in office
1886	See separated from Armagh
1886	Charles Maurice Slack	Consecrated 29 June 1886
1850 to ????
2002 to present	Michael Jackson	Consecrated 6 March 2002