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5 unusual facts about Bishop of Ossory


Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin

The Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin in the Ecclesiastical Province of Dublin.

CBS Kilkenny

Five years before this a meeting was held between the Chairmanship of the Lord Mayor as requested by the then Bishop of Ossory.

Committee for Plundered Ministers

An example of the worst sort of "scandalous" behaviour (from the point of view of Parliament and its supporters) was Griffith Williams, who at the start of the Civil War was Bishop of Ossory.

Ipswich Whitefriars

John Bale (b. 1495), later Bishop of Ossory, was educated at the Norwich Carmelite house and at Cambridge University, and was elected (the last) Prior of Ipswich Carmelites in 1533.

James Phelan, Sr.

John Phelan was the grand-nephew of James Phelan, Bishop of Ossory (d. 1695).


Jerpoint Abbey

Jerpoint is notable for its stone carvings, including one at the tomb of Felix O'Dulany, Bishop of the Diocese of Ossory.

Robert le Poer

His support for Alice Kyteler, his sister-in-law, gained him the enmity of Richard de Ledrede, Bishop of Ossory, and in 1328 Arnold was arrested on charges of heresy and died in Dublin Castle while awaiting trial.


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