Bishop of Waterford and Lismore
Roman Catholic succession

Bishop of Waterford and Lismore

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Roman Catholic Bishops of Waterford and Lismore

From	Until	Incumbent	Notes

1578	1600	John White (vicar apostolic)	Appointed vicar apostolic by papal brief on 4 November 1578, and is said to have remained in the post until 1600.

1600	aft.1610	James White (vicar apostolic)	Appointed vicar apostolic by papal brief on 24 July 1600, and continued in the post until after 22 April 1610.

1623	1625	Peter Lombard (apostolic administrator)	Archbishop of Armagh (1601–1625). Appointed apostolic administrator by papal brief on 23 April 1623.

1625	1629	See vacant

1629	1652	Patrick Comerford, O.E.S.A.	Appointed on 12 February 1629 and consecrated on 18 March 1629. Died in office on 10 March 1652

1652	1657	See vacant

1657	unknown	Patrick Hacket (vicar apostolic)	Appointed vicar apostolic by papal brief on 17 April 1657.

1671	1693	John Brenan	Appointed on 16 (or 26) May 1671, papal brief dated 19 May 1671, and consecrated on 6 September 1671. Translated to Cashel on 8 May 1677, but retained the administration of Waterford & Lismore until his death in 1693.

1693	1696	See vacant

1696	1739	Richard Piers	Appointed on 21 May 1696. Died in office before 29 May 1739.

1739	1747	Sylvester Lloyd, O.F.M.	Translated from Killaloe on 29 May 1739. Died in office in 1747.

1743	1745	Thomas Strich (coadjutor bishop)	Appointed coadjutor bishop on 18 December 1743. Died before succeeding on 20 February 1745.

1747	1775	Peter Creagh	Appointed coadjutor bishop on 12 April 1745 and succeeded in 1747. Died in office on 12 February 1775.

1775	1796	William Egan	Appointed coadjutor bishop on 3 February 1771, papal brief dated 8 March 1771, and consecrated on 19 May 1771. Succeeded diocesan bishop on 12 February 1775.

1796	1803	Thomas Hussey	Appointed on 4 December 1796, papal brief dated 10 January 1797, and consecrated on 26 February 1797. Died in office on 11 July 1803.

1804	1816	John Power (I.)	Appointed on 7 January 1804, papal brief dated 27 January 1804, and consecrated on 25 April 1804. Died in office on 27 January 1816.

1817	1821	Robert Walsh	Appointed on 30 May 1817, papal brief dated 4 July 1817, and consecrated on 31 August 1817. Died in office on 1 October 1821.

1822	1829	Patrick Kelly	Translated from Richmond, U.S.A. Appointed on 3 (or 9) February 1822 and papal brief dated 22 February 1822.

1829	1837	William Abraham	Appointed on 23 December 1829 and papal brief dated 12 January 1830. Died in office on 23 January 1837.

1837	1855	Nicholas Foran	Previously Bishop-designate of Galway in 1831. Appointed Bishop of Waterford and Lismore on 28 May 1837, papal brief 6 June 1837, and consecrated on 24 August 1837.

1855	1873	Dominic O’Brien	Appointed on 29 July 1855, papal brief dated 3 August 1855, and consecrated on 30 September 1855. Died in office on 12 June 1873.

1873	1887	John Power (II.)	Appointed coadjutor bishop on 20 May 1873, succeeded on 12 June 1873, and consecrated 20 July 1873. Died in office on 6 December 1887.

1887	1889	Piers Power	Appointed coadjutor bishop on 29 January 1886 and consecrated 7 March 1886. Succeeded diocesan bishop on 6 December 1887.

1889	1891	John Egan	Appointed on 19 November 1889 and consecrated 19 January 1890. Died in office on 10 June 1891.

1892	1915	Richard Alphonsus Sheehan	Appointed on 15 January 1892 and consecrated on 31 January 1892. Died in office on 14 August 1915.

1916	1932	Bernard Hackett, C.Ss.R.	Appointed on 29 January 1916 and consecrated on 19 March 1916. Died in office on 1 June 1932.

1933	1942	Jeremiah Kinane	Appointed on 21 April 1933 and consecrated 29 June 1933. Translated to the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly as coadjutor archbishop on 31 January 1942 and succeeded metropolitan archbishop of Cashel and Emly on 11 September 1946.

1943	1965	Daniel Cohalan	Appointed on 3 February 1943 and consecrated 4 April 1943. Died in office on 27 January 1965.

1965	1993	Michael Russell	Appointed on 8 November 1965 and ordained bishop on 19 December 1965. Retired on 27 May 1993 and died on 12 January 2009.

1993	2013	William Lee	Appointed on 27 May 1993 and ordained bishop on 25 July 1993. Retired on the grounds of ill-health on 1 October 2013.

2015	present	Alphonsus Cullinan	Appointed on 2 February 2015 and ordained bishop on 12 April 2015.

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Sentence(s)

The present incumbent is Alphonsus Cullinan, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore, who was appointed on 2 February 2015 and ordained bishop on 12 April 2015.

final_sentence: The present incumbent is Alphonsus Cullinan, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore, who was appointed on 2 February 2015 and ordained bishop on 12 April 2015.