Maurice Hurley (bishop)

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Most Reverend

Maurice Hurley
Bishop of Emly
ChurchCatholic Church
In office1623โ€“1646
PredecessorSee vacant since 1586
SuccessorTerence O'Brien (bishop)
Orders
Consecration7 September 1623
by David Rothe
Personal details
Died1646
Emly, Ireland

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 the wall at St Ailbe's National School, which was taken from Emly Cathedral when it was demolished in 1827.[5]

References

  1. ^ Dictionary of Irish Biography
  2. ^ Brady, William Maziere (1876). The episcopal succession in England, Scotland and Ireland AD 1400 to 1875. Vol. 2. pp. 35โ€“39. OCLC 655156325.
  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. 297โ€“298. ISBN 0-19-821745-5. OCLC 1152598744.
  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. ^ Duchas