Ambrose MacDermott OP, STM, (c1651 -September 1717) was an Irish

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bishop. From Boyle Co. Roscommon the son of Cornelius MacDermott. He was educated at the Dominican monastery at Tulsk in Roscommon where he joined the dominicans in 1667 and continued his studies in Spain He lectured in theology in Spain, and in Rome at the college of Saints Sixtus and Clemente in Rome serving as prior from 1686 to 1689. Conferred with a STP – Sacrae theologiae praesentatus (bachelor of sacred theology) in 1699, and he was awarded a

Master of Sacred Theology Master of Theology (, abbreviated ThM, MTh or MTheol, or ''Sacrae Theologiae Magister''; abbreviated STM) is a post-graduate degree offered by universities, divinity schools, and seminaries. It can serve as a transition degree for entrance into a ...

(STM) in 1701. He was nominated to the see of Elphin by that Catholic Stuart King James III, and he served as the

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from 1707 to 1717.Bishop Ambrose MacDermott
Catholic Hierarchy website, Retrieved 30 August 2011.

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17th-century births 1717 deaths Roman Catholic bishops of Elphin Members of the Dominican Order Irish Dominicans People from Boyle, County Roscommon Christian clergy from County Roscommon {{Ireland-RC-archbishop-stub