Bishop of Waterford and Lismore

The Bishop of Waterford and Lismore is an episcopal title which takes its name after the city of Waterford and town of Lismore in the Republic of Ireland. The title was used by the Church of Ireland until 1838, and is still used by the Catholic Church.

History

The bishopric is a union of the episcopal sees of Waterford and Lismore which were united by Pope Urban V in 1363. Following the English Reformation, there were parallel successions. In the Church of Ireland, the see continued until 1833 when it was merged with the archbishopric of Cashel. In 1838,the Anglican diocese of Cashel lost its metropolitan status and was named the bishopric of Cashel and Waterford.It was further united with the dioceses of Ferns and Ossory.

In the Catholic Church, the title still continues. The Incumbent is the Most Reverend William Lee, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore, who was appointed by the Holy See on 27 May 1993 and ordained bishop on 25 July 1993.^[1]

Pre-Reformation bishops

Pre-Reformation Bishops of Waterford and Lismore [2][3][4]
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1363	1394	Thomas le Reve	Appointed Bishop of Lismore in 1358; he became Bishop of Waterford and Lismore on 16 June 1363 when Pope Urban V united the two dioceses; received possession of the temporalities on 7 October 1363; died in September 1394
1394	1396	Robert Read, O.P.	Appointed 9 September 1394; translated to Carlisle 26 January 1396, thence to Chichester 5 October 1396
1396	1397	Thomas Sparklord	Appointed 27 January 1396; died before July 1397
1397	1400	John Deping, O.P.	Appointed 11 July 1397; died 4 February 1400
1400	1407	Thomas Snell	Appointed 26 May 1400; translated to Ossory 11 March 1407
1407	1409	Roger of Appleby, O.S.A.	Translated from Dromore before October 1407; died before August 1409
1409	1414	John Geese, O.Carm.	Appointed 23 August 1409; deprived by Antipope John XXIII in February 1414
1414	1422	Thomas Colby	Formerly Bishop-designate of Elphin; appointed by Antipope John XXIII in February 1414; died before December 1422
1422	1425	John Geese, O.Carm. (again)	Appointed again 4 December 1422; acted as a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of London 1424; died 22 December 1425
1426	1446	Richard Cantwell	Appointed 27 February 1426; died 7 May 1446
1446	c.1472	Robert Poer	Appointed 2 September 1446; consecrated 23 August 1447; died circa 1472
1473	unknown	Richard Martin, O.F.M.	Appointed 9 March 1473, but was not consecrated; later appointed Bishop of St David's in 1482
1475	1483	John Bulcomb (de Cutwart)	Appointed 17 March 1475; resigned before 17 October 1483
1480	unknown	Nicol Ó hAonghusa, O.Cist.	Appointed 20 May 1480; death date unknown
1483	1519	Thomas Purcell	Appointed 17 October 1483; consecrated after 6 October 1483; resigned 13 April 1519
1519	1550/51	Nicholas Comyn	Translated from Ferns 13 April 1519; accepted royal supremacy; deprived 21 July 1550 or 1551; died 12 July 1557

Post-Reformation bishops

Church of Ireland succession

Church of Ireland Bishops of Waterford and Lismore [5][6][7]
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1551	1578	Patrick Walsh [A]	Nominated by King Edward VI on 9 June 1551; consecrated 23 October 1551; recognized bishop of both successions when they were reunited under Queen Mary I; died 1578
1579	1582	Marmaduke Middleton	Nominated 11 April and appointed by letters patent 31 May 1579; translated to St David's 30 November 1582
1582	1589	The see was granted in commendam to Miler Magrath, Archbishop of Cashel
1589	1592	Thomas Wetherhead	Nominated 21 March and appointed by letters patent 20 July 1589; died before 15 March 1592; also known as Thomas Walley
1592	1608	The see was granted again in commendam to Miler Magrath, Archbishop of Cashel
1608	1619	John Lancaster	Nominated 5 January and appointed by letters patent 26 February 1608; died 1619
1619	1635	Michael Boyle	Nominated 7 August 1619; died 29 December 1635
1636	1640	John Atherton	Nominated 5 April and appointed by letters patent 4 May 1636; executed 5 December 1640
1641	1647	Archibald Adair	Translated from Killala and Achonry; nominated 7 June and appointed by letters patent 13 July 1641; died circa 1647
1647	1660	See vacant
1660	1665	George Baker	Nominated 6 August 1660 and consecrated 27 January 1661; died 13 November 1665
1666	1691	Hugh Gore [8]	Nominated 8 February and consecrated 25 March 1666; died 1691 and buried 27 March 1691
1691	1707	Nathaniel Foy	Nominated 16 April and consecrated 9 August 1691; died 31 December 1707
1708	1740	Thomas Milles	Nominated 17 January and consecrated 18 April 1708; died 13 May 1740
1740	1745	Charles Este	Translated from Ossory; nominated 10 July and appointed by letters patent 4 October 1740; died 29 November 1745
1746	1779	Richard Chenevix	Translated from Killaloe; nominated 23 December 1745 and appointed by letter patent 15 January 1746; died 11 September 1779
1779	1795	William Newcome	Translated from Ossory; nominated 22 October and appointed by letters patent 5 November 1779; translated to Armagh 27 January 1795
1795	1802	Richard Marlay	Translated from Clonfert and Kilmacduagh; nominated 11 March and appointed by letters patent 21 March 1795; died 1 July 1802
1802	1810	Hon. Power Le Poer Trench	Nominated 18 August and consecrated 21 November 1802; translated to Elphin 30 April 1810
1810	1813	Joseph Stock [9]	Translated from Killala and Achonry; nominated 12 April and appointed by letters patent 1 May 1810; died 14 August 1813
1813	1832	Hon. Richard Bourke	Nominated 25 August and consecrated 10 October 1813; died 15 November 1832
Under the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Act 1833, the see became part of the Church of Ireland archbishopric of Cashel; in 1838, Cashel lost its metropolitan status and became the bishopric of Cashel and Waterford

Roman Catholic succession

Roman Catholic Bishops of Waterford and Lismore [10][11][12]
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1550	1551	John Magrath, O.F.M.	Appointed 21 July 1550; died circa 1551
1551	c.1553	See vacant
c.1553	1578	Patrick Walsh [B]	Appointed as the Church of Ireland bishop in 1551 by King Edward VI and recognized as the Roman Catholic bishop in the reign of Queen Mary I; died 1578
1578	1600	See vacant
apptd. 1600		James White	Appointed vicar apostolic by papal brief 24 July 1600
1629	1652	Patrick Comerford, O.E.S.A.	Appointed 12 February 1629; consecrated 18 March 1629; died 10 March 1652
1652	1657	See vacant
apptd. 1657		Patrick Hacket	Appointed vicar apostolic by papal brief 17 April 1657
1671	1693	John Brenan	Appointed 26 May 1671; consecrated 6 September 1671; translated to Cashel 8 May 1677, but retained the administration of Waterford & Lismore until his death in 1693
1693	1696	See vacant
1696	1739	Richard Piers	Appointed 21 May 1696; died 4 June 1739
1739	1747	Sylvester Lloyd, O.F.M.	Translated from Killaloe 29 May 1739; died 1747
1747	1775	Peter Creagh	Appointed coadjutor bishop 12 April 1745, succeeded 1747; died 12 February 1775
1775	1796	William Egan	Appointed coadjutor bishop 3 February 1771, succeeded 12 February 1775; died 22 July 1796
1797	1803	Thomas Hussey	Appointed in January 1797; consecrated 26 February 1797; died 11 July 1803
1804	1816	John Power (I)	Appointed 7 January 1804; consecrated 25 April 1804; died 27 January 1816
1817	1821	Robert Walsh	Appointed 4 July 1817; died 1 October 1821
1822	1829	Patrick Kelly	Translated from Richmond, U.S.A.; appointed 9 February 1822; died 8 October 1829
1830	1837	William Abraham	Appointed 12 January 1830; died 23 January 1837
1837	1855	Nicholas Foran	Previously appointed Bishop of Galway in 1831, but did not take effect due to illness; appointed Bishop of Waterford and Lismore 6 June 1837 and consecrated 24 August 1837; died 11 May 1855
1855	1873	Dominic O’Brien	Appointed 29 July 1855; consecrated 30 September 1855; died 12 June 1873
1873	1887	John Power (II)	Appointed coadjutor bishop 20 May 1873; succeeded 12 June 1873; consecrated 20 July 1873; died 6 December 1887
1887	1889	Piers Power	Appointed coadjutor bishop 29 January 1886; consecrated 7 March 1886; succeeded 6 December 1887; died 22 May 1889
1889	1891	John Egan	Appointed 19 November 1889; consecrated 19 January 1890; died 10 June 1891
1892	1915	Richard Alphonsus Sheehan	Appointed 15 January 1892; consecrated 31 January 1892; died 14 August 1915
1916	1932	Bernard Hackett, C.SS.R.	Appointed 29 January 1916; consecrated 19 March 1916; died 1 June 1932
1933	1942	Jeremiah Kinane	Appointed 21 April 1933; consecrated 29 June 1933; translated to Cashel and Emly as coadjutor archbishop on 31 January 1942 and where he succeeded as Archbishop of Cashel and Emly on 11 September 1946
1943	1965	Daniel Cohalan	Appointed 3 February 1943; consecrated 4 April 1943; died 27 January 1965
1965	1993	Michael Russell	Appointed 8 November 1965; ordained bishop 19 December 1965; retired 27 May 1993; died 12 January 2009
1993	present	William Lee [1]	Appointed 27 May 1993; ordained bishop 25 July 1993

Notes

• ^{A B} Patrick Walsh was bishop of both of the Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic successions.

See also

Christianity portal

• Waterford Cathedral
• Lismore Cathedral, Ireland

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Bishop William Lee". Diocese of Waterford and Lismore. http://www.waterfordlismore.com/Our_Church/Bishop. Retrieved 6 August 2009. 
2. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 376–377. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 
3. ^ Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. New History of Ireland: Volume XI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 304–305. ISBN 0198217455. 
4. ^ Cotton, Henry (1851). The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 1, The Province of Munster (2nd Edition, corrected and englarged ed.). Dublin: Hodges and Smith. pp. 119–123. 
5. ^ Fryde, ibid., pp. 407-408.
6. ^ Moody, ibid., pp. 422-423.
7. ^ Cotton, ibid., pp. 123-135.
8. ^ Hugh Gore (1613-1691). Welsh Biography Online. Retrieved on 6 August 2009.
9. ^ Joseph Stock (1740-1813). Dictionary of Ulster Biography. Retrieved on 6 August 2009.
10. ^ Fryde, ibid., pp. 444-445.
11. ^ Moody, ibid., pp. 368-370.
12. ^ Diocese of Waterford and Lismore. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved on 6 August 2009.