Notes on Some Episcopal Appointments in Ireland Source: Archivium Hibernicum, Vol. 2 (1913), pp. 166-172 Published by: Catholic Historical Society of Ireland Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25529580 . Accessed: 18/06/2014 10:25 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . Catholic Historical Society of Ireland is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Archivium Hibernicum. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 195.78.108.20 on Wed, 18 Jun 2014 10:25:32 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
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Notes on Some Episcopal Appointments in IrelandSource: Archivium Hibernicum, Vol. 2 (1913), pp. 166-172Published by: Catholic Historical Society of IrelandStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25529580 .
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Transcripts made by the late Rev. Thomas Costelloe,
O.P., and kindly placed at the disposal of the Catholic Record Society by the Provincial of the Irish Dominicans and by the Prior of San Clemente.
Clogher.
[Petition of the clergy' of Clogher in favour of the Rev. Patrick
Duffy, Definitor-General of the Franciscans, and a relative of the late
Bishop of Clogher, Heber MacMahon. The document is not dated, but it must have been forwarded about the beginning of 1671, as
Patrick Duffy was appointed Bishop in May of that year.]
Ad Sedem Apostolicam et Congregationem Cardinalium tarn cleri
quam populi Ecclesiae Cathedralis Clogherensis humilis supplicatio et
devota postulatio.
Nos infra scripta membra Ecclesiae Cathedralis Clogherensis Pro
vinciae Armachanae Sacrae Congregationi aut Sedi Apostolicae humiliter
supplicamus ut unum pastorem nostrae Ecclesiae ad Dei gloriam,
animarum salutem et cleri exaltacionem praeficere dignetur, nam ob
longiorem vacationem nempe a tempore Rmi Dni Emeri Mathaei, viri nunquam nostro judicio satis laudati et pro fide Catholica usque ad sanguinis effusionem crudeliter passi, ultimi nostri Pastoris, multa
in spiritualibus incomoda, imo cleri fere nostri ruinam Pastoris defectu
passi sumus, et proh dolor in dies abhinc patimur. Si itaque gravi huic tarn Cleri quam Populi incommodo Sedi Apostolicae et Sacrae
Congregationi compati visum fuerit pro nostro Episcopo seu Pastore
Adm. Rdm. Patrem fratrem Patricium Duffium (Duffy) totius ordinis
Sti. Francisci ob sua merita Diffinitorem Generalem et Patris (?) Rmi
Proximi consanguineum per praesentes nobis praefici suppliciter Roga mus
atque Postulamus, et hoc maxime quia
eius familia multis annis
eandem Cathedralem Ecclesiam doctrina et exemplo favit et guber 166
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[Though the name of Killaloe is inserted in the following docu
ment, it refers evidently to Killala. Dr Bernard O'Rourke, whose
death is mentioned, was Bishop of Killala from 1739 to 1748, when a
Dominican, John Brett, was appointed. This petition from the clergy and people for the appointment of Mark Skerrett, Dean of Elphin, was
not successful, but at the death of Brett, Skerrett was appointed in
1749. The King to whom the petition was addressed was James III., son of James 11., acknowledged as King of England by Louis XIV. in
1701 on the death of James II. The copy was made from a document
in the Archives of San Clemente.]
To the King's Most Excellent Majesty.
Sire,
We the undersigned Your Majestie's most dutiful and loyal subjects the Clergy and Gentlemen of the Diocese of Killaloe [Killala] in Your
Kingdom of Ireland prostrate at Your Majestie's royal feet in a most
obsequious and humble manner do propose to Your Majesty ;
That, Whereas by the death of the Right Rev. Father in God Doctor
Bernard 6 Rourke our late Bishop of this Diocese, a person of great zeal
and service in the Irish mission our Diocese weeps the loss and want of
a spiritual Pastor, we unanimously with the deepest sense of submission
most humbly request Your Majesty will permit us to lay before your
royal consideration the Revd. Father Marke Skerrett Doctor of Divinity and Dean of the Cathedral Church of Elphin, a gentleman of unques tionable nobility, who discharged the office of a zealous and worthy
missioner by teaching and preaching the word of God these nineteen
years past in this province where he converted many to the true faith
and by his prudence piety and good example has hindered innumerable
others to fall into the path of perdition. The assurance we have of his
inviolable attachment to Your Majestie's Royal person and service, his
great wisdom and prudence to govern us and also the safe protection
he can have from well affected Protestants and others not in this Dio cese alone where he has already gained the Hearts of the people, but
also in the whole province where he is generally esteemed by the Nobility and universally beloved as a true father of the poor, these considerations
and serious reflections embolden us to represent him to Your Majesty as the most worthy and best qualified to succeed our deceased Pastor,
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