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.

The Episcopal see was a union of the bishoprics of Killala and Achonry which were united in 1622. Over the next two hundred and eleven years there were twenty-three bishops of the united diocese. Under the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Act 1833, Killala and Achonry were united to the archbishopric of Tuam in 1834. Following the death of Archbishop Trench in 1839, Tuam lost its metropolitan and archbishopric status and became the united bishopric of Tuam, Killala and Achonry in the Province of Armagh.[1][2]

List of Bishops of Killala and Achonry

Bishops of Killala and Achonry
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1623	1630	Archibald Hamilton	Nominated 8 March 1623; consecrated 29 May 1623; translated to Cashel 20 April 1630
1630	1641	Archibald Adair	Formerly Dean of Raphoe; nominated 23 November 1629 and consecrated 9 May 1630; deprived 18 May 1640, but subsequently was set aside; translated to Waterford and Lismore 13 July 1641
1641	1645	John Maxwell	Formerly Bishop of Ross (Scotland); nominated 13 January and appointed by letters patent 26 February 1641; translated to Tuam 30 August 1645
1645	1661	See vacant
1661	1663	Henry Hall	Formerly Dean of Cork; nominated 7 August 1660 and consecrated 27 January 1661; died 19 July 1663
1664	1670	Thomas Bayly	Formerly Dean of Down; nominated 17 December 1663 and consecrated 5 June 1664; died 20 July 1670
1671	1680	Thomas Otway	Nominated 19 October 1670 and consecrated 29 January 1671; translated to Ossory 7 February 1680
1680	1681	John Smith	Formerly Dean of Limerick; Nominated 6 January and appointed by letters patent 13 February 1680; died 2 March 1681
1681	1682	William Smyth	Formerly Dean of Dromore; nominated 15 April and consecrated in June 1681; translated to Raphoe 17 February 1682
1682	1691	Richard Tennison	Formerly Dean of Clogher; nominated 16 January and consecrated 19 February 1682; translated to Clogher 28 February 1691
1691	1716	William Lloyd	Formerly Dean of Achonry; Nominated 7 December 1690 and consecrated 23 August 1691; died 11 December 1716
1717	1720	Henry Downes	Nominated 24 January and consecrated 12 May 1717; translated to Elphin 12 May 1720
1720	1727	Charles Cobbe	Formerly Dean of Ardagh; nominated 20 May and consecrated 14 August 1720; translated to Dromore 16 February 1727
1727	1730	Robert Howard	Formerly Dean of Ardagh; nominated 14 January and consecrated 19 March 1727; translated to Elphin 13 January 1730
1730	1735	Robert Clayton	Nominated 26 December 1729 and consecrated 10 May 1730; translated to Cork and Ross 19 December 1735
1735	1751	Mordecai Cary	Translated from Clonfert; appointed by letters patent 20 December 1735; died 2 October 1751
1751	1759	Richard Robinson	Nominated 31 October 1751 and consecrated 19 January 1752; translated to Ferns and Leighlin 19 April 1759
1759	1780	Samuel Hutchinson	Formerly Dean of Dromore; nominated 27 March and consecrated 22 April 1759; died 27 October 1780
1781	1784	William Cecil Pery	Formerly Dean of Derry; nominated 7 January and consecrated 18 February 1781; translated to Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe 13 May 1784
1784	1787	William Preston	Nominated 13 October and consecrated 11 November 1784; translated to Ferns and Leighlin 9 November 1787
1787	1795	John Law	Translated from Clonfert; nominated 10 September and appointed by letters patent 10 November 1787; translated to Elphin 27 March 1795
1795	1797	John Porter	Nominated 6 May and consecrated 7 June 1795; translated to Clogher 30 December 1797
1798	1810	Joseph Stock	Nominated 1 January and consecrated 28 January 1798; translated to Waterford and Lismore 1 May 1810
1810	1834	James Verschoyle	Formerly Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin; nominated 12 April and consecrated 6 May 1810; died 13 April 1834
In 1834, Killala and Achonry became part of the archbishopric of Tuam. In 1839, Tuam lost its metropolitan and archbishopric status and became the united bishopric of Tuam, Killala and Achonry
Source(s):[1][2]

References

1. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 395–396. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
2. Cotton, Henry (1850). The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies of Ireland. Fasti ecclesiae Hiberniae. Vol. 4, The Province of Connaught. Dublin: Hodges and Smith. pp. 67–78.