Diocese of Ferns

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DIOCESE OF FERNS (Dioecesis Fernensis)

Country : Ireland
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 7th century

Official blazon

Sable two croziers in saltire surmounted with a mitre with infulae all or.

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Arms of Bishops

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  Patrick Barret (1400-1415)

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  Robert Whittey (1418-1457)

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  Tadhg O'Beirn (1451)

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  John Purcell I. (1457-1479)

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  Laurence Neville (1479-1503)

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  Edmund Comerford (1505-1509)

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  Nicholas Comyn (1510-1519)

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  John Purcell II. (1519-1539)

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  Bernard O'Donnell (1541)

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  Gabriel de S. Serio (1541-1542)

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  Alexander Devereux. (...-1566)

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  Peter Power (1582-1587)

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  John Roche (1624-1636)

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  Nicolas Franch (1645-1652)

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  Luke Wadding (1683/84-1691/92)

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  Michael Rossiter (1697-1709)

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  John Verdon (1709-1728)

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  Ambrose O’Callaghan (1729-1744)

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  Nicholas Sweetman (1745-1786)

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  James Caulfield (1786-1814)

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  Patrick Ryan (1814-1819)

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  James Keatinge (1819-1849)

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  Myles Murphy (1849-1856)

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  Thomas Furlong (1857-1875)

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  Michael Warren (1876-1884)

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  James Browne (1884-1917)

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  William Codd (1917-1938)

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  James Staunton (1938-1963)

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  Donald J. Herlihy (1964-1983)

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  Brendan Oliver Comiskey (1984-2002)

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  Denis Brennan (2006-2021)

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  Gerard Nash (2021-present)

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