Concobhar Ó Duibheannaigh


Concobhar Ó Duibheannaigh,

Bishop of Down and Connor
DioceseDown and Connor
Appointed27 April 1582
Term ended1 (O.S.)/11 (N.S.) February 1612
PredecessorDonatus Ó Gallchobhair (bishop)
SuccessorPatrick Hanratty (vicar apostolic)
Orders
Consecration2 February 1583
by Nicolas de Pellevé
Personal details
Born
Concobhar Ó Duibheannaigh

c. 1532
Died1 (O.S.)/11 (N.S.) February 1612 (aged c. 80)
Dublin
NationalityIrish
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sainthood
Feast day20 June
Venerated in6 July 1991
Beatified27 September 1992
Rome
by Pope John Paul II

Concobhar Ó Duibheannaigh (c. 1532 – 1 (O.S.)/11 (N.S.) February 1612; Conor O'Devany, Cornelius O'Devany) was an Irish Franciscan priest from Donegal Abbey and Roman Catholic bishop during the religious persecution of the Catholic Church in Ireland that began during the reign of Henry VIII and ended only with Catholic Emancipation in 1829. Similarly to St. Polycarp of Smyrna, Bishop Ó Duibheannaigh was in his eighties when he was hanged, drawn and quartered outside the walls of Dublin. In September 1992, he was formally beatified by Pope John Paul II as one of the 24 officially recognized Irish Catholic Martyrs. His feast day is on June 20.