Skip to content
 Limerick's Life
Menu
  • Search
  • About
  • Contact
  • Buy Me A Coffee
Menu
Bishop o'dwyer

Roman Catholic Bishops of Limerick

Posted on May 26, 2005September 11, 2018 by Sharon Slater

The following is a list of Roman Catholic Bishops of the dioceses Limerick whose seat is now in St. John’s Cathedral.

  • St Munchin d. 491 (Patron Saint of Limerick)
  • Gilbert 1106 – 1138
  • Patrick 1139
  • Erolph 1140 – 1151
  • Turgesius 1151 – 1167
  • Brictius 1167 – 1195
  • Donat O’Brien 1195 – 1207
  • Geoffrey 1207 – 1215
  • Edmund 1215 – 1222
  • Hubert de Burgho 1223 – 1250
  • Robert O’Neill 1251 – 1272
  • Gerald le Mareschal 1272 – 1301
  • Robert Dundonald 1302 – 1311
  • Eustace de L’Eau 1311 – 1336
  • Maurice Rochfort 1337 – 1353
  • Stephen Lawless 1354 – 1359
  • Stephen de Valle 1360 – 1369
  • Perter Curragh 1369 – 1400
  • Cornelius O’Dea 1400 – 1426
  • John Mothel 1426 – 1458
  • William Creagh 1459 – 1472
  • Thomas Arthur 1472 – 1486
  • Richard Stacpoole 1486
  • John Dunow 1486 – 1489
  • John Folan 1489 – 1521
  • John Quin 1524 – 1551
  • Hugh Lacy 1556 – 1579
  • Cornelius O’Boyle 1582 – 1597
  • Vicars 1597 – 1623
  • Richard Arthur 1623 – 1646
  • Edmund O’Dwyer 1646 – 1654
  • Vicars 1654 – 1677
  • James Dowley 1677 – 1685
  • John Molon 1689 – 1702
  • Cornelius O’Keeffe 1720 – 1737
  • Robert Lacy 1738 – 1759
  • Daniel Kearney 1759 – 1778
  • Denis Conway 1779 – 1796
  • John Young 1796 – 1813
  • Charles Tuohy 1815 – 1828
  • John Ryan 1828 – 1864 (Obituary Report)
  • George Butler 1864 – 1886 (Obituary Report)
  • Edward Thomas O’Dwyer 1886 – 1917 (Obituary Report)
  • Denis Hallinan 1918 – 1923 (Obituary Report)
  • David Keane 1924 – 1945
  • Patrick O’Neill 1946 – 1958
  • Henry Murphy 1958 – 1973
  • Jeremiah Newman 1974 – 1995
  • John Magee, Bishop of Cloyne and Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Limerick 1995 – 1996
  • Donal Murray 1996 – Present

Search This Site

  • Chronicles
  • Churches
  • Collaborations
  • Dr. Crumpe's Weather 1795
  • Featured
  • Folklore
  • Graveyards
  • Guest Posts
  • History
  • Letters
  • Limerick Places
  • Making The Most Of
  • On This Day
  • People & Genealogy
  • Press & Published
  • Quizzes
  • Rediscovering Limerick
  • Streets
  • Videos
  • Visitors to Limerick
  • Weddings 1862
  • Weddings 1863
  • Who was?

About Limerick’s Life

This website is a personal project of Sharon Slater, born from a passion for Limerick and its history. It has been maintained, updated and contributed to it independently and voluntarily. If you'd like to buy me a coffee to keep Limerick's history online, please know that all donations will go directly into the costs of hosting the website and the time and travel to research and write the articles found on the site.

Buy Me A Coffee
books
awards
awards
© 2025 Limerick's Life | Powered by Minimalist Blog WordPress Theme