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Tadeo O'Farrell

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Most Reverend
Tadeo O'Farrell
Bishop of Clonfert
Church Catholic Church
In office 1587–1602
Predecessor Roland de Burgo
Successor John de Burgh (bishop)
Previous post Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza (1589–1599)
Orders
Consecration 30 August 1587
by Girolamo Bernerio
Personal details
Died 1602
Clonfert, Ireland

Tadeo O'Farrell (also Tadhg O'Farrell, Tadhg MacEoga, or Thady Farrell) (died 1602) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Clonfert (1587–1602) and Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, (1589–1599).[1]

Biography

O'Farrell was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers.[2] On 8 June 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of Clonfert.[2] On 30 August 1587, he was consecrated bishop by Girolamo Bernerio, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, with Edmund MacGauran, Archbishop of Armagh, and Agostino Quinzio, Bishop of Korčula, serving as co-consecrators.[2] In 1589, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza.[2] In 1599, he resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza.[2] He served as Bishop of Clonfert until his death in 1602.[2]

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