Cornelius O'Dea

Cornelius O'Dea (died 1569) was a bishop in Ireland during the first half of the sixteenth century. ^[1]

He was nominated to be the Bishop of Killaloe by King Henry VIII on 30 May 1546; ^[2] and was consecrated on 12 July 1546. ^[3] He held the post until 1554. ^[4]

References [ edit ]

^ "A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody , F. X. Martin , F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A : Oxford , OUP , 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
^ Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875 . Vol. 2. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace.
^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 360?361. ISBN 0-521-56350-X .
^ "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Cotton, H. Vol1 p463: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1851

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