John MacSeonin Burke

John MacSeonin Burke or John de Burgo, O.S.A. (Irish: Seán MacSeóinín de Búrca; died 1450) was an Irish Roman Catholic cleric who was Archbishop of Tuam (1441–1450).


John de Burgo

OSA
Native name
Seán MacSeóinín de Búrca
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseArchbishop of Tuam
In office1441–1450
PredecessorTomás mac Muircheartaigh Ó Ceallaigh
SuccessorDonatus Ó Muireadhaigh
Personal details
Born
John MacSeonin Burke
Died1450
NationalityIrish

Career

Burke was appointed Archbishop of Tuam in 1441.

Burke was a member of the Mac Seonin branch of the Bourkes of County Mayo, later anglicised as Jennings. Another notable member of this family was General Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine (1751–99).

The History of the Popes comments:

Some of the annalists call him "the Archbishop of Conaught, the son of the Parson, son of Mac Johnin Burke." He died in Galway in the year 1450.

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