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The Bishop of Clonfert (Easpag Chluain Fearta) is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Clonfert in County Galway, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains as a separate title; but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishoprics.

The diocese of Clonfert was one of the twenty four dioceses established at the Synod of Rathbreasail in 1111, and its boundaries were fixed at the Synod of Kells in 1152. During the Reformation, the bishops changed their allegiance back and forth between the Pope and the Crown. After the Reformation, there were parallel apostolic successions. In the Church of Ireland, the title continued until 1625, when it united with Kilmacduagh, forming the united see of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh. In the Roman Catholic Church, the title remains a separate bishopric. The current incumbent is the Most Reverend Michael Duignan, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Clonfert, who was appointed on 16 July 2019 and ordained bishop on 13 October 2019. In 2021 the Holy See determined that the diocese of Clonfert and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora would share a bishop.

Church of Ireland Bishops of ClonfertFrom Until OrdinaryNotes 1582 1601 Stephen Kirwan Translated from Kilmacduagh; nominated 30 March 1582; letters patent 24 May 1582; died before 4 November 1601; also known as Stephen Kerovan 1602 1625 Roland Lynch, Bishop of Kilmacduagh Held the see of Clonfert "in commendam" from 1602 until his death in 1625In 1625, the Church of Ireland sees of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh were amalgamated, forming the united Bishopric of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh. Sources:

Roman Catholic Bishops of ClonfertFrom Until OrdinaryNotes 1580 1587 See vacant 1587 1602 Thady Farrell, O. P. Appointed 8 June and consecrated 30 August 1587; also appointed an Auxiliary bishop of Sigüenza in 1589; died 1602; also known as Tadhg O'Farrell, Tadhg MacEoga and Tadeo O'Farrell appointed 1609 (Dermot Nolan) Appointed vicar apostolic by papal brief 4 February 1609 appointed 1622 (Thady Egan) Appointed vicar apostolic by papal brief 13 July 1622 1629 1647 John de Burgh Appointed vicar apostolic by papal brief 13 October 1629, and appointed bishop 16 September 1641; translated to Tuam 11 March 1647; also recorded as John de Burgo and John Burke 1647 1663 Walter Lynch Arrived in Ireland in 1647; appointed 11 March 1647 and consecrated 9 April 1648; left Ireland c. 1648 and spent the rest of his life in Hungary; died 14 July 1663 1663 1678 See vacant 1678 1687 Thady Keogh, O. P. Appointed 13 July and consecrated in October 1671; died in office; also known as Tadhg Keogh or Mac Eogha 1687 1695 See vacant 1695 1706 Maurice Donnellan Appointed 14 November 1695; died 2 July 1706; also known as Murtagh Donnellan or Muircheartach Ó Domhnalláin 1706 1713 See vacant 1713 1715 Ambrose O'Madden Previously bishop designate of Killala and Kilmacduagh; appointed bishop of Clonfert 15 September 1713 and consecrated 15 April 1714; died in July 1715 1715 1718 See vacant 1718 1733 Edmund Kelly Appointed in February and consecrated before 14 May 1718; died in office 1733 1778 Peter O'Donnellan Appointed 11 August 1733; died 7 May 1778 1778 1786 Andrew O'Donellan Appointed coadjutor bishop 1 December 1776; succeeded 7 May 1778; died before 6 July 1786 1786 1831 Thomas Costello Appointed coadjutor bishop 30 June 1786; succeeded 6 July 1786; died 8 October 1831 1831 1847 Thomas Coen Appointed coadjutor bishop 26 January and consecrated 5 May 1816; succeeded 8 October 1831; died 25 April 1847 1847 1870 John Derry Appointed 9 July and consecrated 21 September 1847; died 28 June 1870 1871 (Hugh O'Rorke) Appointed 13 February 1871 but was not accepted 1872 1896 Patrick Duggan Appointed 2 October 1871 and consecrated 14 January 1872; died 15 August 1896 1896 1903 John Healy Appointed coadjutor bishop 26 June and consecrated 31 August 1884; succeeded 15 August 1896; translated to Tuam 13 February 1903 1903 1909 Thomas O'Dea Appointed 12 June and consecrated 30 August 1903; translated to Galway and Kilmacduagh 29 April 1909 1909 1918 Thomas Gilmartin Appointed 3 July 1909 and consecrated 13 February 1910; translated to Tuam 10 July 1918 1919 1923 Thomas O'Doherty Appointed 3 July and consecrated 14 September 1919; translated to Galway and Kilmacduagh 13 July 1923 1924 1953 John Dignan Appointed 24 March and consecrated 1 June 1924; died 12 April 1953 1953 1962 William J. Philbin Appointed 22 December 1953 and consecrated 14 March 1954; translated to Down and Connor 5 June 1962 1963 1982 Thomas Ryan Appointed 9 May and consecrated 16 June 1963; resigned 1 May 1982; died 20 August 1983 1982 1987 Joseph Cassidy Appointed coadjutor bishop 24 August and consecrated 23 September 1979; succeeded 1 May 1982; translated to Tuam 22 August 1987 1988 2019 John Kirby Appointed 18 February and consecrated 9 April 1988; resigned 16 July 2019 2019 present Michael Duignan Appointed 16 July and consecrated 13 October 2019Sources: