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Huan Blackleach

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Huan Blackleach O.S.A
Bishop of Sodor and Man
Appointed 4 April 1487
In office 1487–1509
Predecessor Richard Oldham (bishop)
Successor Huan Hesketh
Personal details
Died 1509
Denomination Roman Catholic

Huan Blackleach (or Hugh Blackleach), O.S.A. (died 1509) was a pre-Reformation cleric who served as the Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1487 to 1509.[1][2]

An Austin friar from Asheridge, Buckinghamshire, he was appointed the bishop of the diocese of Sodor and Man by Pope Innocent VIII on 4 April 1487.[1][2] After serving the see for twenty-two years, he died in office in 1509.[1]

References

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Back to citation occurrence 1.2 Eubel, Konrad (1914). Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi. Vol. 2. Monasterii Sumptibus et typis librariae. p. 240.
  2. Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 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. 273. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.