Gilbert Ó Tigernaig was the
Bishop of Annaghdown from 1306 to 1323.
Ó Tigernaig was a native of
Carra, County Mayo, his family belonging to those ruling the area, subject to (or descended from) the
Uí Fiachrach Muaidhe. The surname is now rendered as "Tierney".
Elected about 1306, Ó Tigernaig had been consecrated a bishop by 15 July 1308, taking control of the temporalities of Annaghdown on 15 July 1308. He also acted as a
suffragan
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In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...
bishop in the dioceses of
Winchester
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(1313),
Worcester (1313–1314) and
Hereford
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(1315). He died before 16 December 1322, in
England, where he had been serving as suffragan in the
Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield.
Further reading
* ''Gilbert Ó Tigernaig, Bishop of Annaghdown, c.1306–23'', Michael Robson, Journal of the
Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, 1996
References
External links
* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/
* http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=
Religious leaders from County Mayo
People from County Galway
14th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland
Bishops of Annaghdown
Irish expatriates in England
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