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Dermot O'Cleary

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Church
  
Catholic Church

In office
  
1574-1575

Archdiocese
  
Diocese of Mayo

Successor
  
Patrick O’Healy

Consecration
  
12 March 1574 by Giulio Antonio Santorio

Died
  
1575, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland

Dermot O’Cleary, O.F.M. or Dermitius Oclieria (died 1575) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Mayo (1574-1575).

Biography

Dermot O'Cleary was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 12 February 1574, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Mayo. On 12 March 1574, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Giovanni Battista Santorio, Bishop of Alife, and Giuseppe Pamphilj, Bishop of Segni, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Mayo until his death in 1575.

References

Dermot O'Cleary Wikipedia