Maurice Hurley (bishop)

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Maurice Hurley (died 1586) was a 17th-century Roman Catholic prelate.[1]

He served as Bishop of Emly:[2] from his consecration on 7 September 1623[3] until his death in September 1646.[4] There is a stone in memory of him in the wall at St Ailbe's National School, which was taken from Emly Cathedral when it was demolished in 1827.[5]

References

  1. 1.Dictionary of Irish Biography
  2. 2.Brady, William Maziere (1876). The episcopal succession in England, Scotland and Ireland AD 1400 to 1875. Vol. 2. pp. 35–39. OCLC 655156325.
  3. 3.Moody, T.W.; Martin, F.X.; Byrne, F.J., eds. (1984). A New History of Ireland. A Companion to Irish History, part 2. Vol. 9 Maps, genealogies, lists. Clarendon Press. pp. 297–298. ISBN 0-19-821745-5. OCLC 1152598744.
  4. 4.Fryde, Edmund Boleslav; Greenway, D.E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British chronology. Offices of the Royal Historical Society : University College. p. 381. OCLC 989682481.
  5. 5.Duchas