Patrick Tyrrell

Patrick Tyrrell (or Tyrell), O.F.M. (died 1692) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the Bishop of Clogher (1676–1689), Vicar Apostolic of Kilmore (1678–1689), and Bishop of Meath (1689–1692).

For the Irish American detective of the United States Secret Service, see Patrick D. Tyrrell.

Styles of
Patrick Tyrrell, O.F.M.
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleMy Lord
Religious styleBishop

A Franciscan friar, he was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Clogher by Pope Clement X on 22 April 1676.[1][2][3] His papal brief to the See was dated 13 May 1676 and consecrated on 14 June 1676.[3] Tyrrell was also appointed the vicar apostolic of the Diocese of Kilmore by Pope Innocent XI on either 9 February 1678[4] or 21 March 1678.[1][5] He was translated to the Diocese of Meath on 24 January 1689.[6][7] He was Chief Secretary for Ireland under the Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell from 1688 to 1689.[8]

Bishop Tyrrell died in office in 1692.[1][6][7]

Notes
  1. "Bishop Patrick Tyrrell (Tyrell), O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  2. Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 418.
  3. Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 342.
  4. Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 349.
  5. Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 418, fn. 4.
  6. Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 439.
  7. Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 351.
  8. Hughes, J. L. J. (March 1952). "The Chief Secretaries in Ireland 1566-1921". Irish Historical Studies. 8 (29): 63. Retrieved 13 February 2023.

Bibliography
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  • Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. A New History of Ireland. Vol. IX. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.
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