Michael Skerrett
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | Your Grace or Archbishop |
Michael Skerrett (died 1785) was an Irish clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Tuam from 1749 to 1785.[1][2]
He was appointed Bishop of Killala on 23 January 1749, but was quickly translated to the archbishopric of Tuam on 5 May 1749. He died in office on 19 August 1785.[1][2]
He was a descendant of the Tribes of Galway.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b Archbishop Mark Skerret. Catholic Hierarchy website. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ a b Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 443. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
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Preceded by John Brett | Bishop of Killala 1749 | Succeeded by Bonaventura MacDonnell |
Preceded by Michael O'Gara | Archbishop of Tuam 1749–1785 | Succeeded by Philip Phillips |
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Roman Catholic Bishops of Killala
- Donat O'Gallagher
- Francis Kirwan
- Ambrose O'Madden
- Thaddeus Francis O'Rourke
- Peter Archdekin
- Bernard O'Rourke
- John Brett
- Michael Skerrett
- Bonaventura MacDonnell
- Philip Phillips
- Alexander Irwin
- Dominic Bellew
- Peter Waldron
- John MacHale
- Francis Joseph O'Finan
- Tommaso Feeny
- Hugh Conway
- John Conmy
- Jacob Naughton
- Patrick O'Boyle
- Thomas McDonnell
- Thomas Anthony Finnegan
- John Fleming
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