Hugh Allen was an

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

in the second half of the sixteenth century. An Englishman, he was appointed

Bishop of Down and Connor The Bishop of Down and Connor is an episcopal title which takes its name from the town of Downpatrick (located in County Down) and the village of Connor (located in County Antrim) in Northern Ireland. The title is still used by the Catholic Chur ...

on 21 November 1573; and

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to Ferns on 24 May 1582."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton,H. p335 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 He died at Fethard in 1599.

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16th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Down and Connor Bishops of Ferns Bishops of Ferns and Leighlin 1572 deaths 16th-century Anglo-Irish people {{Ireland-Anglican-bishop-stub