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Bishops of both dioceses, since the Reformation

Bishops of Achonry

  • Thomas O’Fihely (1547–1555)
  • Cormac O’Coyn (1556–1561)
  • Eugene O’Hart (1562–1603)
  • See vacant (1603–1629)
  • Andrew Lynch (Vicar Apostolic, appointed 1629)
  • James Fallon (Vicar Apostolic 1631–1662)
  • Maurice Durcan (Vicar Apostolic, appointed 1677)
  • Hugh MacDermot (Vicar Apostolic 1684–1707, Bishop 1707–1725)
  • Dominic O’Daly (1725–1735)
  • John O’Hart (1735–1739)
  • Walter Blake (1739–1758)
  • Patrick Robert Kirwan (1758–1776)
  • Philip Phillips (1776–1785)
  • Boetius Egan (1785–1787)
  • Thomas O’Connor (1788–1803)
  • Charles Lynagh (1803–1808)
  • John O’Flynn (1809–1817)
  • Patrick MacNicholas (1818–1852)
  • Patrick Durcan (1852–1875)
  • Francis McCormack (1875–1887)
  • John Lyster (1888–1911)
  • Patrick Morrisroe (1911–1946)
  • James Fergus (1947–1976)
  • Thomas Flynn (1976–2007)
  • Brendan Kelly (2007–2017)
  • Sede Vacante (Fr Dermot Meehan, Diocesan Administrator)
  • Paul Dempsey (2020-2024)
  • Sede Vacante (Bishop Kevin Doran, Apostolic Administrator) 2024-2025
  • Kevin Doran (2025-present)

Bishops of Elphin

  • William Maginn (1539 – 1539)
  • Gabriel de S. Serio OSB (1539 – 1541)
  • Bernard Ó Domhnaill OFM (1541 – 1542)
  • Bernard O Higgins OSA (1542 – 1545)
  • John O Heyne (Apostolic Administrator) (1545 – 1562)
  • Andrew O’Crean OP (1562 – c1590)
  • Dermot O’Healy OFM (c1590 – c1600)
  • Raymond Galvin (c1600 – 1620)
  • Dermot McGrath OSA (Vicar Apostolic) (1620 – 1620)
  • Nicholas of St Patrick (Vicar Apostolic) (1620 – 1625)
  • Boetius Egan OFM (1625 – 1671)
  • Dominic Burke OP (1671 – 1707)
  • Ambrose MacDermott OP (1707 – 1718)
  • Carbery O’Kelly (1718 – 1731)
  • Patrick French OFM (1731 – 1748)
  • John Brett OP (1748 – 1756)
  • James O’Fallon (1756 – 1787)
  • Edmund French (1787 – 1814)
  • George Thomas Plunkett (1814 – 1827)
  • Patrick Burke (1827 – 1844)
  • George Joseph Plunkett Browne (1844 – 1858)
  • Laurence Gillooly (1858 – 1895)
  • John Clancy (1895 – 1913)
  • Bernard Coyne (1913 – 1926)
  • Edward Doorly (1926 – 1950)
  • Vincent Hanly (1950 – 1971)
  • Dominic Conway (1971 – 1994)
  • Christopher Jones (1994 – 2014)
  • Kevin Doran (2014 – present)