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Bernard O'Gara

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Bernard O'Gara
Archbishop of Tuam
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Tuam
In office 23 December 1723 – 1740
Predecessor Francis Burke
Successor Michael O'Gara
Orders
Consecration 24 May 1724
by Gabriel O'Kelly
Personal details
Died c. 1740

Bernard O'Gara (died 1740) was an Irish clergyman who served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam from 1723 to 1740.[1] O'Gara was the grandson of Fearghal Ó Gadhra.[2]

He was selected to be the archbishop of the metropolitan see of Tuam on 14 December 1723,[3] and was confirmed by papal brief on 23 December 1723.[4] He received episcopal ordination at a place of refuge from Bishop Gabriel O'Kelly of Elphin on 24 May 1724.[5] Archbishop O'Gara requested the Pallium, and the dispensing brief was issued in 1726.[6]

He died in office in, or before, June 1740.[7]

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References

  1. Back to citation Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 2. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace. p. 147; "Archbishop Bernard (Michael) O'Gara". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 27 February 2012; Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 443. ISBN 0-521-56350-X; Moody, T. W; Martin, F. X; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. New History of Ireland. Vol. XI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 379. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.
  2. Back to citation Rev. E. A. D'Alton. "History of the Archdiocese of Taum" (PDF). Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  3. Back to citation "Archbishop Bernard (Michael) O'Gara". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  4. Back to citation Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 2. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace. p. 147; "Archbishop Bernard (Michael) O'Gara". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 27 February 2012; Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 443. ISBN 0-521-56350-X; Moody, T. W; Martin, F. X; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. New History of Ireland. Vol. XI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 379. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.
  5. Back to citation Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 2. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace. p. 147; "Archbishop Bernard (Michael) O'Gara". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 27 February 2012; Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 443. ISBN 0-521-56350-X; Moody, T. W; Martin, F. X; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. New History of Ireland. Vol. XI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 379. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.
  6. Back to citation Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 2. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace. p. 147.
  7. Back to citation Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 2. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace. p. 147; "Archbishop Bernard (Michael) O'Gara". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 27 February 2012; Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 443. ISBN 0-521-56350-X; Moody, T. W; Martin, F. X; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. New History of Ireland. Vol. XI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 379. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.