Bernard O'Gara (died 1740) was an Irish clergyman who served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam from 1723 to 1740.[1][2][3][4] O'Gara was the grandson of Fearghal Ó Gadhra.[5]

Styles of
Bernard O'Gara
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Grace or Archbishop

He was selected to be the archbishop of the metropolitan see of Tuam on 14 December 1723,[2] and was confirmed by papal brief on 23 December 1723.[1][2][3][4] He received episcopal ordination at a place of refuge from Bishop Gabriel O'Kelly of Elphin on 24 May 1724.[1][2][3][4] Archbishop O'Gara requested the Pallium, and the dispensing brief was issued in 1726.[1]

He died in office in, or before, June 1740.[1][2][3][4]

See also

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Michael O'Gara - brother, Archbishop of Tuam from 1740 to 1748

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 2. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace. p. 147.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Archbishop Bernard (Michael) O'Gara". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 443. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  4. ^ a b c d Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. New History of Ireland. Vol. XI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 379. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.
  5. ^ Rev. E. A. D'Alton. "History of the Archdiocese of Taum" (PDF). Retrieved 5 February 2022.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Tuam
1723–1740
Succeeded by