Bishop of Fore
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The Bishop of was head of an historic Irish diocese,[1] firstly subsumed by the Diocese of Meath[2] and now within the Diocese of Meath and Kildare.
Its hub was the settlement of Fore, County Westmeath.[3]
| Bishops of Fore | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 745 | 765 | Suarlech | "Abbat and Bishop of Fore; died 27 March that year (Archdall ibid) |
| 765 | 766 | Ardgene | |
| unknown | 869 | Gnia | "Abbat and Bishop" (Archdall) |
| unknown | 882 | Ailioll | |
| unknown | 887 | Cormac | "also Coadjutor Bishop of Clonmacnoise" (Archdall) |
| unknown | 927 | Moel Poile | |
| Sources: [4][5][6] | |||
Senior clergy
The only recorded officer of the diocese below that of bishop is Cormac O'Ruadrach.[7]
