The Bishop of Waterford and Lismore is an episcopal

Episcopal polity

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 title which takes its name after the city of Waterford

Waterford

Waterford is a city in the South-East Region of Ireland. It is the oldest city in the country and fifth largest by population. Waterford City Council is the local government authority for the city and its immediate hinterland...

 and town of Lismore

Lismore, County Waterford

Lismore is a town in County Waterford, Ireland. It is located where the N72 road crosses the River Blackwater.-History:It was founded by Saint Mochuda, also known as Saint Carthage. In the 7th century, Lismore was the site of the well-known Lismore Abbey. It is also home to Lismore Castle, the...

 in the Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. The title was used by the Church of Ireland

Church of Ireland

The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. The church operates in all parts of Ireland and is the second largest religious body on the island after the Roman Catholic Church...

 until 1838, and is still used by the Catholic Church.

History

The bishopric is a union of the episcopal see

Episcopal See

An episcopal see is, in the original sense, the official seat of a bishop. This seat, which is also referred to as the bishop's cathedra, is placed in the bishop's principal church, which is therefore called the bishop's cathedral...

s of Waterford

Bishop of Waterford

The Bishop of Waterford was a medieval prelate, governing the Diocese of Waterford from its creation in the 11th century until it was absorbed into the new Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore in the 14th century...

 and Lismore

Bishop of Lismore, Ireland

The Bishop of Lismore was a separate episcopal title which took its name after the town of Lismore in County Waterford, Ireland.-History:The diocese of Lismore was one of the twenty-four dioceses established by the Synod of Rathbreasail in 1111. The see of Ardmore was incorporated with Lismore in...

 which were united by Pope Urban V

Pope Urban V

Pope Urban V , born Guillaume Grimoard, was Pope from 1362 to 1370.-Biography:Grimoard was a native of Grizac in Languedoc . He became a Benedictine and a doctor in Canon Law, teaching at Montpellier and Avignon...

 in 1363. Following the English Reformation

English Reformation

The English Reformation was the series of events in 16th-century England by which the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church....

, there were parallel successions. In the Church of Ireland

Church of Ireland

The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. The church operates in all parts of Ireland and is the second largest religious body on the island after the Roman Catholic Church...

, the see continued until 1833 when it was merged with the archbishopric of Cashel

Archbishop of Cashel

The Archbishop of Cashel is an archiepiscopal title which takes its name after the town of Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland. The title is still in use in the Roman Catholic Church, but in the Church of Ireland it was downgraded to a bishopric in 1838....

. In 1838,the Anglican diocese of Cashel lost its metropolitan

Metropolitan bishop

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 status and was named the bishopric of Cashel and Waterford

Bishop of Cashel and Waterford

The Bishop of Cashel and Waterford was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Cashel and Waterford; comprising all of County Waterford, the southern part of County Tipperary and a small part of County Limerick, Ireland.-History:In the Church of Ireland, although not in the Roman Catholic...

.It was further united with the dioceses of Ferns and Ossory.

In the Catholic Church, the title still continues. The Incumbent is the Most Reverend William Lee, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore, who was appointed by the Holy See

Holy See

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 on 27 May 1993 and ordained bishop

Bishop (Catholic Church)

In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders and is responsible for teaching the Catholic faith and ruling the Church....

 on 25 July 1993.

Pre-Reformation bishops

Pre-Reformation Bishops of Waterford and Lismore
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1363	1394	Thomas le Reve	Appointed Bishop of Lismore Bishop of Lismore, Ireland The Bishop of Lismore was a separate episcopal title which took its name after the town of Lismore in County Waterford, Ireland.-History:The diocese of Lismore was one of the twenty-four dioceses established by the Synod of Rathbreasail in 1111. The see of Ardmore was incorporated with Lismore in...  in 1358; he became Bishop of Waterford and Lismore on 16 June 1363 when Pope Urban V Pope Urban V Pope Urban V , born Guillaume Grimoard, was Pope from 1362 to 1370.-Biography:Grimoard was a native of Grizac in Languedoc . He became a Benedictine and a doctor in Canon Law, teaching at Montpellier and Avignon...  united the two dioceses; received possession of the temporalities Temporalities Temporalities are the secular properties and possessions of the Christian Church. It is most often used to describe those properties that were used to support a bishop or other religious person or establishment. Its opposite description would be the spiritualities.In the Middle Ages, the...  on 7 October 1363; died in September 1394
1394	1396	Robert Read Robert Reed (bishop) Robert Reed was a Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Bishop of Carlisle and Bishop of Chichester.Reed was a Dominican friar. He was selected as Bishop of Waterford on 9 September 1394, and transferred to Carlisle on 26 January 1396.... , O.P.	Appointed 9 September 1394; translated to Carlisle Bishop of Carlisle The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle in the Province of York.The diocese covers the County of Cumbria except for Alston Moor and the former Sedbergh Rural District...  26 January 1396, thence to Chichester Bishop of Chichester The Bishop of Chichester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the Counties of East and West Sussex. The see is in the City of Chichester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity...  5 October 1396
1396	1397	Thomas Sparklord	Appointed 27 January 1396; died before July 1397
1397	1400	John Deping, O.P.	Appointed 11 July 1397; died 4 February 1400
1400	1407	Thomas Snell	Appointed 26 May 1400; translated to Ossory Bishop of Ossory The Bishop of Ossory is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient of Kingdom of Ossory in the Province of Leinster, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.-History:The diocese of Ossory...  11 March 1407
1407	1409	Roger of Appleby, O.S.A.	Translated from Dromore Bishop of Dromore The Bishop of Dromore is an episcopal title which takes its name after the market town of Dromore in County Down, Northern Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church the title still continues as a separate bishopric, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.-History:The...  before October 1407; died before August 1409
1409	1414	John Geese, O.Carm.	Appointed 23 August 1409; deprived by Antipope John XXIII Antipope John XXIII Baldassarre Cossa was Pope John XXIII during the Western Schism. The Catholic Church regards him as an antipope.-Biography:...  in February 1414
1414	1422	Thomas Colby	Formerly Bishop-designate of Elphin; appointed by Antipope John XXIII in February 1414; died before December 1422
1422	1425	John Geese, O.Carm. (again)	Appointed again 4 December 1422; acted as a suffragan bishop Suffragan bishop A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop. He or she may be assigned to an area which does not have a cathedral of its own.-Anglican Communion:...  in the Diocese of London Diocese of London The Anglican Diocese of London forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.Historically the diocese covered a large area north of the Thames and bordered the dioceses of Norwich and Lincoln to the north and west. The present diocese covers and 17 London boroughs, covering most of Greater...  1424; died 22 December 1425
1426	1446	Richard Cantwell	Appointed 27 February 1426; died 7 May 1446
1446	c.1472	Robert Poer	Appointed 2 September 1446; consecrated 23 August 1447; died circa 1472
1473	unknown	Richard Martin, O.F.M.	Appointed 9 March 1473, but was not consecrated; later appointed Bishop of St David's Bishop of St David's The Bishop of St David's is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of St David's.The succession of bishops stretches back to Saint David who in the 6th century established his seat in what is today the city of St David's in Pembrokeshire, founding St David's Cathedral. The current Bishop of St...  in 1482
1475	1483	John Bulcomb (de Cutwart)	Appointed 17 March 1475; resigned before 17 October 1483
1480	unknown	Nicol Ó hAonghusa, O.Cist.	Appointed 20 May 1480; death date unknown
1483	1519	Thomas Purcell	Appointed 17 October 1483; consecrated after 6 October 1483; resigned 13 April 1519
1519	1550/51	Nicholas Comyn	Translated from Ferns Bishop of Ferns The Bishop of Ferns is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Ferns in County Wexford, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.-History:...  13 April 1519; accepted royal supremacy; deprived 21 July 1550 or 1551; died 12 July 1557

Church of Ireland succession

Church of Ireland Bishops of Waterford and Lismore
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1551	1578	Patrick Walsh	Nominated by King Edward VI Edward VI of England Edward VI was the King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. He was crowned on 20 February at the age of nine. The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Edward was the third monarch of the Tudor dynasty and England's first monarch who was raised as a Protestant...  on 9 June 1551; consecrated 23 October 1551; recognized bishop of both successions when they were reunited under Queen Mary I Mary I of England Mary I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded Henry in 1547... ; died 1578
1579	1582	Marmaduke Middleton Marmaduke Middleton -Life:He was educated at the University of Oxford, but left before graduating. He was vicar of Parish of Coolock and Dunboyne, in Ireland, and then rector of Killure. In 1579 he became bishop of Waterford and Lismore, in the Church of Ireland...	Nominated 11 April and appointed by letters patent Letters patent Letters patent are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch or president, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, title, or status to a person or corporation...  31 May 1579; translated to St David's Bishop of St David's The Bishop of St David's is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of St David's.The succession of bishops stretches back to Saint David who in the 6th century established his seat in what is today the city of St David's in Pembrokeshire, founding St David's Cathedral. The current Bishop of St...  30 November 1582
1582	1589	The see was granted in commendam In Commendam In canon law, commendam was a form of transferring an ecclesiastical benefice in trust to the custody of a patron... to Miler Magrath Miler Magrath Miler Magrath or Miler McGrath , was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland. He came from a family of hereditary historians to the O'Brien clan. He entered the Franciscan Order and was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood... , Archbishop of Cashel
1589	1592	Thomas Wetherhead	Nominated 21 March and appointed by letters patent 20 July 1589; died before 15 March 1592; also known as Thomas Walley
1592	1608	The see was granted again in commendam In Commendam In canon law, commendam was a form of transferring an ecclesiastical benefice in trust to the custody of a patron... to Miler Magrath Miler Magrath Miler Magrath or Miler McGrath , was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland. He came from a family of hereditary historians to the O'Brien clan. He entered the Franciscan Order and was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood... , Archbishop of Cashel
1608	1619	John Lancaster	Nominated 5 January and appointed by letters patent 26 February 1608; died 1619
1619	1635	Michael Boyle Michael Boyle (the elder) Michael Boyle DD , was Bishop of Waterford and Lismore.-Biography:Boyle was born in London about 1580, was son of Michael Boyle, and brother of Richard Boyle, Archbishop of Tuam. Michael Boyle entered Merchant Taylors' School, London, in 1587, and proceeded to St. John's College, Oxford, in 1593....	Nominated 7 August 1619; died 29 December 1635
1636	1640	John Atherton John Atherton John Atherton was the Anglican Bishop of Waterford and Lismore in the Church of Ireland. He and John Childe were both tried and executed for buggery in 1640.-Life and death:...	Nominated 5 April and appointed by letters patent 4 May 1636; executed 5 December 1640
1641	1647	Archibald Adair	Translated from Killala and Achonry Bishop of Killala and Achonry The Bishop of Killala and Achonry was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Killala and Achonry in the Ecclesiastical Province of Tuam. The diocese comprised part of Counties Mayo and Sligo in Ireland.... ; nominated 7 June and appointed by letters patent 13 July 1641; died circa 1647
1647	1660	See vacant
1660	1665	George Baker	Nominated 6 August 1660 and consecrated 27 January 1661; died 13 November 1665
1666	1691	Hugh Gore	Nominated 8 February and consecrated 25 March 1666; died 1691 and buried 27 March 1691
1691	1707	Nathaniel Foy Nathaniel Foy Nathaniel Foy, D.D. , was bishop of Waterford and Lismore.Foy was the son of John Foy, M.D., was born at York, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, of which he became a senior fellow. He was ordained priest in 1670, and in the same year was installed as a canon of Kildare. On 20 December 1678...	Nominated 16 April and consecrated 9 August 1691; died 31 December 1707
1708	1740	Thomas Milles	Nominated 17 January and consecrated 18 April 1708; died 13 May 1740
1740	1745	Charles Este Charles Este Charles Este, , was bishop of Ossory and subsequently of Waterford and Lismore .Born at Whitehall, the son of Michael Este, and educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, he distinguished the latter as joint editor of Carmina quadragesimalia ab aedis Christi alumnis composita…, 1723...	Translated from Ossory Bishop of Ossory The Bishop of Ossory is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient of Kingdom of Ossory in the Province of Leinster, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.-History:The diocese of Ossory... ; nominated 10 July and appointed by letters patent 4 October 1740; died 29 November 1745
1746	1779	Richard Chenevix	Translated from Killaloe; nominated 23 December 1745 and appointed by letter patent 15 January 1746; died 11 September 1779
1779	1795	William Newcome William Newcome William Newcome was an Englishman and cleric of the Church of Ireland who was appointed to the bishoprics of Dromore , Ossory , Waterford and Lismore , and lastly to the Primatial See of Armagh .-Life:...	Translated from Ossory Bishop of Ossory The Bishop of Ossory is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient of Kingdom of Ossory in the Province of Leinster, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.-History:The diocese of Ossory... ; nominated 22 October and appointed by letters patent 5 November 1779; translated to Armagh Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland) The Anglican Archbishop of Armagh is the ecclesiastical head of the Church of Ireland, the metropolitan of the Province of Armagh and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Armagh....  27 January 1795
1795	1802	Richard Marlay	Translated from Clonfert and Kilmacduagh Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh The Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, comprising the southern part of County Galway and a small area of County Roscommon, Ireland.-History:... ; nominated 11 March and appointed by letters patent 21 March 1795; died 1 July 1802
1802	1810	Hon. The Honourable The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable is a style used before the names of certain classes of persons. It is considered an honorific styling.-International diplomacy:...  Power Le Poer Trench	Nominated 18 August and consecrated 21 November 1802; translated to Elphin 30 April 1810
1810	1813	Joseph Stock Joseph Stock Joseph Stock was an Irish Protestant churchman and writer, bishop of Killala and Achonry and afterwards bishop of Waterford and Lismore.-Life:...	Translated from Killala and Achonry Bishop of Killala and Achonry The Bishop of Killala and Achonry was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Killala and Achonry in the Ecclesiastical Province of Tuam. The diocese comprised part of Counties Mayo and Sligo in Ireland.... ; nominated 12 April and appointed by letters patent 1 May 1810; died 14 August 1813
1813	1832	Hon. The Honourable The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable is a style used before the names of certain classes of persons. It is considered an honorific styling.-International diplomacy:...  Richard Bourke Richard Bourke (bishop) The Honourable Richard Bourke was the last Bishop of Waterford and Lismore before it merged with the defunct Ecclesiastical Province of Cashel. Born into an aristocratic family, he was educated at Christ Church Oxford....	Nominated 25 August and consecrated 10 October 1813; died 15 November 1832
Under the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Act 1833, the see became part of the Church of Ireland archbishopric of Cashel Archbishop of Cashel The Archbishop of Cashel is an archiepiscopal title which takes its name after the town of Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland. The title is still in use in the Roman Catholic Church, but in the Church of Ireland it was downgraded to a bishopric in 1838.... ; in 1838, Cashel lost its metropolitan status and became the bishopric of Cashel and Waterford Bishop of Cashel and Waterford The Bishop of Cashel and Waterford was the Ordinary of the Church of Ireland diocese of Cashel and Waterford; comprising all of County Waterford, the southern part of County Tipperary and a small part of County Limerick, Ireland.-History:In the Church of Ireland, although not in the Roman Catholic...

Roman Catholic succession

Roman Catholic Bishops of Waterford and Lismore
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1550	1551	John Magrath, O.F.M. Franciscan Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....	Appointed 21 July 1550; died circa 1551
1551	c.1553	See vacant
c.1553	1578	Patrick Walsh	Appointed as the Church of Ireland bishop in 1551 by King Edward VI Edward VI of England Edward VI was the King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. He was crowned on 20 February at the age of nine. The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Edward was the third monarch of the Tudor dynasty and England's first monarch who was raised as a Protestant...  and recognized as the Roman Catholic bishop in the reign of Queen Mary I Mary I of England Mary I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded Henry in 1547... ; died 1578
1578	1600	See vacant
apptd. 1600		James White	Appointed vicar apostolic Apostolic vicariate An apostolic vicariate is a form of territorial jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church established in missionary regions and countries that do not have a diocese. It is essentially provisional, though it may last for a century or more...  by papal brief Papal brief The Papal Brief is a formal document emanating from the Pope, in a somewhat simpler and more modern form than a Papal Bull.-History:The introduction of briefs, which occurred at the beginning of the pontificate of Pope Eugenius IV , was clearly prompted for the same desire for greater simplicity...  24 July 1600
1629	1652	Patrick Comerford, O.E.S.A. Order of Saint Augustine The Order of St. Augustine —historically Ordo Eremitarum Sancti Augustini", O.E.S.A.), generally called Augustinians is a Catholic Religious Order, which, although more ancient, was formally created in the thirteenth century and combined of several previous Augustinian eremetical Orders into one...	Appointed 12 February 1629; consecrated 18 March 1629; died 10 March 1652
1652	1657	See vacant
apptd. 1657		Patrick Hacket	Appointed vicar apostolic by papal brief 17 April 1657
1671	1693	John Brenan	Appointed 26 May 1671; consecrated 6 September 1671; translated to Cashel Archbishop of Cashel The Archbishop of Cashel is an archiepiscopal title which takes its name after the town of Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland. The title is still in use in the Roman Catholic Church, but in the Church of Ireland it was downgraded to a bishopric in 1838....  8 May 1677, but retained the administration of Waterford & Lismore until his death in 1693
1693	1696	See vacant
1696	1739	Richard Piers	Appointed 21 May 1696; died 4 June 1739
1739	1747	Sylvester Lloyd, O.F.M. Franciscan Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....	Translated from Killaloe 29 May 1739; died 1747
1747	1775	Peter Creagh	Appointed coadjutor bishop 12 April 1745, succeeded 1747; died 12 February 1775
1775	1796	William Egan	Appointed coadjutor bishop 3 February 1771, succeeded 12 February 1775; died 22 July 1796
1797	1803	Thomas Hussey Thomas Hussey Thomas Hussey may refer to:*Thomas Hussey , MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis * Thomas Hussey , Irish diplomat, chaplain and bishop...	Appointed in January 1797; consecrated 26 February 1797; died 11 July 1803
1804	1816	John Power (I)	Appointed 7 January 1804; consecrated 25 April 1804; died 27 January 1816
1817	1821	Robert Walsh	Appointed 4 July 1817; died 1 October 1821
1822	1829	Patrick Kelly Patrick Kelly (bishop) Patrick Kelly was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Richmond and Bishop of Waterford and Lismore ....	Translated from Richmond Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond The Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond is an ecclesiastical and episcopal see or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Its current territory was created by Pope Paul VI and encompasses all of central and southern Virginia, Hampton Roads, and the eastern shore... , U.S.A.; appointed 9 February 1822; died 8 October 1829
1830	1837	William Abraham	Appointed 12 January 1830; died 23 January 1837
1837	1855	Nicholas Foran	Previously appointed Bishop of Galway in 1831, but did not take effect due to illness; appointed Bishop of Waterford and Lismore 6 June 1837 and consecrated 24 August 1837; died 11 May 1855
1855	1873	Dominic O’Brien	Appointed 29 July 1855; consecrated 30 September 1855; died 12 June 1873
1873	1887	John Power (II)	Appointed coadjutor bishop 20 May 1873; succeeded 12 June 1873; consecrated 20 July 1873; died 6 December 1887
1887	1889	Piers Power	Appointed coadjutor bishop 29 January 1886; consecrated 7 March 1886; succeeded 6 December 1887; died 22 May 1889
1889	1891	John Egan	Appointed 19 November 1889; consecrated 19 January 1890; died 10 June 1891
1892	1915	Richard Alphonsus Sheehan	Appointed 15 January 1892; consecrated 31 January 1892; died 14 August 1915
1916	1932	Bernard Hackett, C.SS.R. Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer The Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer is a Roman Catholic missionary Congregation founded by Saint Alphonsus Liguori at Scala, near Amalfi, Italy for the purpose of labouring among the neglected country people in the neighbourhood of Naples.Members of the Congregation, priests and brothers,...	Appointed 29 January 1916; consecrated 19 March 1916; died 1 June 1932
1933	1942	Jeremiah Kinane	Appointed 21 April 1933; consecrated 29 June 1933; translated to Cashel and Emly as coadjutor archbishop Coadjutor bishop A coadjutor bishop is a bishop in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches who is designated to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese, almost as co-bishop of the diocese...  on 31 January 1942 and where he succeeded as Archbishop of Cashel and Emly Archbishop of Cashel The Archbishop of Cashel is an archiepiscopal title which takes its name after the town of Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland. The title is still in use in the Roman Catholic Church, but in the Church of Ireland it was downgraded to a bishopric in 1838....  on 11 September 1946
1943	1965	Daniel Cohalan Daniel Cohalan (Bishop of Waterford and Lismore) The Most Reverend Daniel Cohalan was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as Bishop of Waterford and Lismore from 1943 to 1965.-Early life and education:He was born in Kilmichael in County Cork, Ireland on...	Appointed 3 February 1943; consecrated 4 April 1943; died 27 January 1965
1965	1993	Michael Russell	Appointed 8 November 1965; ordained bishop Bishop (Catholic Church) In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders and is responsible for teaching the Catholic faith and ruling the Church....  19 December 1965; retired 27 May 1993; died 12 January 2009
1993	present	William Lee	Appointed 27 May 1993; ordained bishop 25 July 1993