Bernard MacMahon (bishop)

Dr. Bernard MacMahon (1680–27 May 1747) was Bishop of Clogher 1727–1737 and Archbishop of Armagh 1738–1747.

This article is about the 18th-century Irish bishop. For the British filmmaker, see Bernard MacMahon (filmmaker).

Bernard MacMahon
Archbishop of Armagh
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeArmagh
In office1737 – 1747
PredecessorHugh MacMahon
SuccessorRoss Roe MacMahon
Personal details
Born1680 (1680)
Enagh, County Monaghan
DiedMay 27, 1747(1747-05-27) (aged 66–67)[1]
Armagh
Previous post(s)Bishop of Clogher
(1727–1737)

MacMahon was appointed as Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher on 17 August 1727,[2] following the death of his predecessor, Hugh MacMahon. Bernard MacMahon was transferred to the position of Archbishop of Armagh on 8 November 1737.[3] In 1741, he would go into hiding as a result of him not promoting a priest to a parish; this would result in a warrant being issued for his arrest.[4][5] He died in Armagh on 27 May 1747.[1]

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References
  1. Brady, William; Froude, James (1867). The Irish Reformation Or The Alleged Conversion of the Irish Bishops at the Accession of Queen Elizabeth, and the Assumed Descent of the Present Established Hierarchy in Ireland from the Ancient Irish Church Disproved. p. 40. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. Massue, Melville (1904). The Jacobite Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Grants of Honour Extracted, by Permission from the Stuart Papers Now in Possession of His Majesty the King at Windsor Castle, and Supplemented by Biographical and Genealogical Notes. p. 227. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  3. Pryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology. p. 418. ISBN 9780521563505. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  4. Rafferty, Oliver (1994). Catholicism in Ulster, 1603-1983: An Interpretative History. p. 75. ISBN 9781570030253. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  5. The Dublin Review. Vol. VII. 1882. p. 151. Retrieved 27 December 2021.



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