Dermot O'Cleary

The Most Reverend Dermot O'Cleary
Bishop of Mayo
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Diocese of Mayo
In office	1574–1575
Successor	Patrick O'Healy
Orders
Consecration	12 March 1574 by Giulio Antonio Santorio
Personal details
Died	1575 County Mayo, Ireland

Dermot O'Cleary, O.F.M. or Dermitius Oclieria (died 1575) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Mayo (1574–1575).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Biography

Dermot O'Cleary was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.^[1] On 12 February 1574, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Mayo.^[1] On 12 March 1574, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Giovanni Battista Santorio, Bishop of Alife, and Giuseppe Pamphilj, Bishop of Segni, serving as co-consecrators.^[1] He served as Bishop of Mayo until his death in 1575.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Bishop Dermot O'Cleary, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^ "Diocese of Mayo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
^ Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. 3 Archived 21 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine, p. 232
^ Handbook of British Chronology by E. B. Pryde, D. E. Greenway
^ Mayo Abbey Community Council: "DIOCESE OF MAYO" Archived 21 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 March 2015.