Daniel O'Reilly (bishop)

Most Reverend Daniel O’Reilly
Bishop of Clogher
Church Catholic Church
See Clogher
In office 13 November 1747 – 28 March 1778
Predecessor Bishop Ross Roe MacMahon
Successor Bishop Hugh O’Reilly
Personal details
Born 1699
Drumgora, Lurgan, County Cavan
Died 28 March 1778
Previous post President, Irish College, Antwerp

Daniel O’Reilly (17001778) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher from 1747 to 1778.

Born in Drumgora, Lurgan, County Cavan, Ireland, he was ordained to the priesthood in June 1728. He became President of the Irish College, Antwerp on 24 July 1732. He was appointed Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher on 11 September 1747 following the appointment of his predecessor, Ross Roe MacMahon as Archbishop of Armagh.

Daniel O'Reilly was ordained a bishop on 13 November 1747 by .Cardinal d'Alsace, Archbishop of Mechelen.[1][2] He died in office on 28 March 1778 having served as bishop of his diocese for almost thirty-one years. Bishop Daniel O’Reilly was succeeded by his nephew Bishop Hugh O’Reilly. He is buried in the old graveyard at Lurgan, near Virginia, Co. Cavan.

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References

  1. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 418. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  2. History of Bishop Daniel O'Reilly. Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Bishop Ross Roe MacMahon
Bishop of Clogher
1747 1778
Succeeded by
Bishop Hugh O’Reilly
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