Ambrose MacDermott
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Ambrose MacDermott OP, STM, (c1651 -September 1717) was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop. From Boyle Co. Roscommon the son of Cornelius MacDermott. He was educated at the Dominican monastery at Tulsk in Roscommon where he joined the dominicans in 1667 and continued his studies in Spain He lectured in theology in Spain, and in Rome at the college of Saints Sixtus and Clemente in Rome serving as prior from 1686 to 1689.[1] Conferred with a STP – Sacrae theologiae praesentatus (bachelor of sacred theology) in 1699, and he was awarded a Master of Sacred Theology (STM) in 1701.[2] He was nominated to the see of Elphin by that Catholic Stuart King James III,[3] and he served as the Bishop of Elphin from 1707 to 1717.[4]
References
- ^ Ambrose MacDermot Roe, d. 1717 Macdermots Roe Religious Service.
- ^ Irish Dominicans at Rome, 1570–1699: A Biographical Register by Hugh Fenning OP, Collectanea Hibernica, No. 44/45 (2002/2003), pp. 13–55 (43 pages).
- ^ Stuart Nomination to Irish Sees (1686–1766) By W. H. Grattan Flood, The Irish Theological Quarterly, Vol. XII, No. 46, April 1917.
- ^ Bishop Ambrose MacDermott. Catholic Hierarchy website, Retrieved 30 August 2011.
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| Preceded by Dominic Burke (bishop) | Bishop of Elphin 1707–1717 | Succeeded by Gabriel O'Kelly |
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Roman Catholic Bishops of Elphin
- William Magennis
- Gabriel de Serio
- Bernard O'Donnell
- Bernard O'Higgins
- Andrew O'Crean
- Nicholas a Patritio
- Raymund Galvin
- Boetius Egan
- Dominic de Burgo
- Ambrose MacDermott
- Patrick French
- John Brett
- James O'Fallon
- Edward French
- George Thomas Plunkett
- Patrick Burke
- George Joseph Plunket Browne
- Laurence Gillooly
- John Joseph Clancy
- Bernard Coyne
- Edward Doorly
- Vincent Hanly
- Dominic Joseph Conway
- Christopher Jones
- Kevin Doran
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