Irish Tables & Lines of Succession
Please note that prior to about the 11th century these are tables of succession in a particular office. We can be assured of valid consecration but cannot know for sure exactly who consecrated whom or in some cases when the consecration took place.
from St Patrick, Apostle of Ireland
1) St. Patrick– consecrated 432
2) (Seachnaill) St Secundinius - consecrated
3) Sen-Phátraic - consecrated
4) Benén mac Sescnén – consecrated 467
5) Jarlaithe mac Treno – consecrated 481
6) Cormac – consecrated 497 Called bishop and abbot
7) Dubthach (elder) – consecrated 513 Called bishop
8) Ailill (elder) – consecrated 526 Called bishop
9) Ailill (younger) – consecrated 536 Called bishop
10) Dubthach – consecrated Called abbot
11) Fedelmid Find – consecrated Called abbot
12) Carláen – consecrated 588 Called bishop
13) Eochu – consecrated Called abbot
14) Senach – consecrated Called abbot
15) Mac Laisre – consecrated 623 Called abbot
16) Tómméne MacRonan – consecrated 640 bishop
17) Ségéne – consecrated 688 bishop
18) Forannán – consecrated
19) Fland Feblae mac Scandláin – consecrated abbot/bishop
20) Suibne nepos Mruichessaich – consecrated 730 bishop
21) Congusa – consecrated 732 Called bishop (also scribe)
22) Célé Petair – consecrated
23) Fer dá Chrích mac Suibni – consecrated
24) Cú Dínaisc mac Conasaig – consecrated
25) Dub dá Leithe I mac Sínaig – consecrated
26) Fóendelach mac Móenaig – consecrated
27) Airechtach ua Fáeláin – consecrated
28) Fóendelach mac Móenaig – consecrated
29) Gormgal mac Dindataig – consecrated (abbot)
30) Condmach mac Duib dá Leithe – consecrated (recognised as coarb in the Annals of Ulster in 804)
31) Torbach mac Gormáin – consecrated
32) Toicthech ua Tigernaig – consecrated
33) Nuadu – consecrated 811
34) Flandgus mac Loingsig – consecrated
35) Artrí mac Conchobair – consecrated 818 Acted as abbot and Coarb
36) Suibne mac Forandáin – consecrated Called Abbas
37) Eógan Mainistrech mac Ainbthig – consecrated abbot
38) Forindán mac Murgile – consecrated
39) Diarmait ua Tigernáin – consecrated abbot
40) Cathassach – consecrated
41) Féthgno mac Nechtain – consecrated
42) Máel Cobo mac Crundmaíl – consecrated
43) Ainmere ua Fáeláin – consecrated
44) Cathassach mac Robartaig – consecrated Bishop
45) Máel Brigte mac Tornáin – consecrated Coarb
46) Ioseph mac Fathaig – consecrated
47) Máel Pátraic mac Máel Tuile – consecrated 862
48) Fethgna – consecrated 875
49) Cathassach mac Doilgén – consecrated 883
50) Muiredach mac Fergussa – consecrated
51) Dub dá Leithe II mac Cellaig – consecrated Coarb
52) Muirecén mac Ciaracáin – consecrated Coarb
53) Máel Muire mac Eochada – consecrated
54) Amalgaid mac Máel Muire – consecrated
55) Dub dá Leithe III Máel Muire – consecrated
56) Cummascach Ua hErodáin – consecrated
57) Máel Ísu mac Amalgada – consecrated
58) Domnall mac Amalgada – consecrated
59) Cellach of Armagh consecrated bishop of Armagh on 23 September 1105
60) Muirchertach mac Domnall – consecrated
61) Mael mac Áeda meic Máel Ísu(Celsus) – consecrated 1105Ua
62) Morgair [Malachais] – consecrated 1132
63) Gilla Meic Liac mac Diarmata meic Ruaidri [Gelasius] – consecrated 1137
64) Conchobar O Conchaille [Concors] – consecrated 1174
65) Gille in Coimhedh O Caran [Gilbertus] – consecrated 1175
66) Tomaltach O Conchobair [Thomas] – consecrated 1180
67) Mael Isu Ua Cerbaill [Malachias] – consecrated 1184
68) Echdonn mac Gilla Uidir [Eugenius] – consecrated 1202
69) Lucas Neterville – consecrated 1217
70) Donatus O Fidabra – consecrated 1227
71) Albert Suebeer of Cologne – consecrated 1240
72) Reginald – consecrated 1247
73) Abraham O’Conallain – consecrated 1258
74) Mael Patraic O Scannail – consecrated 1261
75) Nicol Mac Mael Isu – consecrated 1270
76) Michael MacLochlainn – consecrated 1303
77) Dionysius – consecrated 1304
78) John Taaffe – consecrated 1306
79) Walter Jorz – consecrated 1307
80) Roland Jorz – consecrated 1311
81) Stephen Segrave – consecrated 1324
82) David Mag Oireachtaigh – consecrated 1334
83) Richard FitzRalph – consecrated 1347
84) Milo Sweetman – consecrated 1362
85) John Colton – consecrated 1383
86) Nicholas Fleming – consecrated 1404
87) John Swayne – consecrated 1418
88) John Prene – consecrated 1439
89) John Mey – consecrated 1444
90) John Bole [Bull] – consecrated 1457
91) John Foxhalls or Foxholes – consecrated 1471
92) Edmund Connesburgh – consecrated 1475
93) Ottaviano Spinelli [de Palatio] – consecrated 1480
94) John Kite – consecrated 1513
95) George Cromer – consecrated 1521
96) George Dowdall – consecrated 1543
97) Hugh Goodacre – consecrated 1552
98) Donat MacTeague – consecrated 1560
99) Adam Loftus – consecrated 1563
100) Thomas Lancaster – consecrated 1568
101) John Long – consecrated 1584
102) John Garvey – consecrated 1589
103) Henry Ussher – consecrated 1595
104) Christopher Hampton – consecrated 1613
105) George Montaigne – consecrated 1616
106) William Laud – consecrated 1633 Archbishop of Canterbury
107) William Juxon – consecrated 1660
108) Gilbert Sheldon – consecrated October 28, 1660
109) William Sancroft – consecrated January 27, 1678
110) Thomas White – consecrated 1685
111) George Hickes – consecrated 1693
112) James Gadderar – consecrated 1712
113) Thomas Rattray – consecrated June 4, 1727
114) William Falconar – consecrated Sept 10, 1741
115) Robert Kilgour – consecrated September 21, 1768
116) Samuel Seabury – consecrated November 14, 1784
117) Thomas John Claggett – consecrated September 17, 1792
118) Edward Bass - consecrated May 7, 1797
119) Abraham Jarvis - consecrated October 18, 1797
120) Alexander Viets Griswold - consecrated May 29, 1811
121) John Henry Hopkins - consecrated October 31, 1832
122) George D. Cummins - consecrated November 15, 1866
123) Charles Edward Cheney - consecrated December 14, 1873
124) William Rufus Nicholson - consecrated February 24, 1876
125) Alfred Spenser Richardson - consecrated June 22, 1879
126) Leon Chechemian - consecrated May 4, 1890
127) Andrew Charles Albert McLagen - consecrated November 2, 1897
128) James Heard - consecrated June 4, 1922
129) William Bernard Crow - consecrated June 13, 1943
130) Hugh George De Willmott Newman - consecrated April 10, 1944
131) Wallace de Ortega Maxey consecrated on November 7 1986
132) Nils Bertil Alexander Persson consecrated on November 23 2008
133) Alistair Herrick Bate
2) (Seachnaill) St Secundinius - consecrated
3) Sen-Phátraic - consecrated
4) Benén mac Sescnén – consecrated 467
5) Jarlaithe mac Treno – consecrated 481
6) Cormac – consecrated 497 Called bishop and abbot
7) Dubthach (elder) – consecrated 513 Called bishop
8) Ailill (elder) – consecrated 526 Called bishop
9) Ailill (younger) – consecrated 536 Called bishop
10) Dubthach – consecrated Called abbot
11) Fedelmid Find – consecrated Called abbot
12) Carláen – consecrated 588 Called bishop
13) Eochu – consecrated Called abbot
14) Senach – consecrated Called abbot
15) Mac Laisre – consecrated 623 Called abbot
16) Tómméne MacRonan – consecrated 640 bishop
17) Ségéne – consecrated 688 bishop
18) Forannán – consecrated
19) Fland Feblae mac Scandláin – consecrated abbot/bishop
20) Suibne nepos Mruichessaich – consecrated 730 bishop
21) Congusa – consecrated 732 Called bishop (also scribe)
22) Célé Petair – consecrated
23) Fer dá Chrích mac Suibni – consecrated
24) Cú Dínaisc mac Conasaig – consecrated
25) Dub dá Leithe I mac Sínaig – consecrated
26) Fóendelach mac Móenaig – consecrated
27) Airechtach ua Fáeláin – consecrated
28) Fóendelach mac Móenaig – consecrated
29) Gormgal mac Dindataig – consecrated (abbot)
30) Condmach mac Duib dá Leithe – consecrated (recognised as coarb in the Annals of Ulster in 804)
31) Torbach mac Gormáin – consecrated
32) Toicthech ua Tigernaig – consecrated
33) Nuadu – consecrated 811
34) Flandgus mac Loingsig – consecrated
35) Artrí mac Conchobair – consecrated 818 Acted as abbot and Coarb
36) Suibne mac Forandáin – consecrated Called Abbas
37) Eógan Mainistrech mac Ainbthig – consecrated abbot
38) Forindán mac Murgile – consecrated
39) Diarmait ua Tigernáin – consecrated abbot
40) Cathassach – consecrated
41) Féthgno mac Nechtain – consecrated
42) Máel Cobo mac Crundmaíl – consecrated
43) Ainmere ua Fáeláin – consecrated
44) Cathassach mac Robartaig – consecrated Bishop
45) Máel Brigte mac Tornáin – consecrated Coarb
46) Ioseph mac Fathaig – consecrated
47) Máel Pátraic mac Máel Tuile – consecrated 862
48) Fethgna – consecrated 875
49) Cathassach mac Doilgén – consecrated 883
50) Muiredach mac Fergussa – consecrated
51) Dub dá Leithe II mac Cellaig – consecrated Coarb
52) Muirecén mac Ciaracáin – consecrated Coarb
53) Máel Muire mac Eochada – consecrated
54) Amalgaid mac Máel Muire – consecrated
55) Dub dá Leithe III Máel Muire – consecrated
56) Cummascach Ua hErodáin – consecrated
57) Máel Ísu mac Amalgada – consecrated
58) Domnall mac Amalgada – consecrated
59) Cellach of Armagh consecrated bishop of Armagh on 23 September 1105
60) Muirchertach mac Domnall – consecrated
61) Mael mac Áeda meic Máel Ísu(Celsus) – consecrated 1105Ua
62) Morgair [Malachais] – consecrated 1132
63) Gilla Meic Liac mac Diarmata meic Ruaidri [Gelasius] – consecrated 1137
64) Conchobar O Conchaille [Concors] – consecrated 1174
65) Gille in Coimhedh O Caran [Gilbertus] – consecrated 1175
66) Tomaltach O Conchobair [Thomas] – consecrated 1180
67) Mael Isu Ua Cerbaill [Malachias] – consecrated 1184
68) Echdonn mac Gilla Uidir [Eugenius] – consecrated 1202
69) Lucas Neterville – consecrated 1217
70) Donatus O Fidabra – consecrated 1227
71) Albert Suebeer of Cologne – consecrated 1240
72) Reginald – consecrated 1247
73) Abraham O’Conallain – consecrated 1258
74) Mael Patraic O Scannail – consecrated 1261
75) Nicol Mac Mael Isu – consecrated 1270
76) Michael MacLochlainn – consecrated 1303
77) Dionysius – consecrated 1304
78) John Taaffe – consecrated 1306
79) Walter Jorz – consecrated 1307
80) Roland Jorz – consecrated 1311
81) Stephen Segrave – consecrated 1324
82) David Mag Oireachtaigh – consecrated 1334
83) Richard FitzRalph – consecrated 1347
84) Milo Sweetman – consecrated 1362
85) John Colton – consecrated 1383
86) Nicholas Fleming – consecrated 1404
87) John Swayne – consecrated 1418
88) John Prene – consecrated 1439
89) John Mey – consecrated 1444
90) John Bole [Bull] – consecrated 1457
91) John Foxhalls or Foxholes – consecrated 1471
92) Edmund Connesburgh – consecrated 1475
93) Ottaviano Spinelli [de Palatio] – consecrated 1480
94) John Kite – consecrated 1513
95) George Cromer – consecrated 1521
96) George Dowdall – consecrated 1543
97) Hugh Goodacre – consecrated 1552
98) Donat MacTeague – consecrated 1560
99) Adam Loftus – consecrated 1563
100) Thomas Lancaster – consecrated 1568
101) John Long – consecrated 1584
102) John Garvey – consecrated 1589
103) Henry Ussher – consecrated 1595
104) Christopher Hampton – consecrated 1613
105) George Montaigne – consecrated 1616
106) William Laud – consecrated 1633 Archbishop of Canterbury
107) William Juxon – consecrated 1660
108) Gilbert Sheldon – consecrated October 28, 1660
109) William Sancroft – consecrated January 27, 1678
110) Thomas White – consecrated 1685
111) George Hickes – consecrated 1693
112) James Gadderar – consecrated 1712
113) Thomas Rattray – consecrated June 4, 1727
114) William Falconar – consecrated Sept 10, 1741
115) Robert Kilgour – consecrated September 21, 1768
116) Samuel Seabury – consecrated November 14, 1784
117) Thomas John Claggett – consecrated September 17, 1792
118) Edward Bass - consecrated May 7, 1797
119) Abraham Jarvis - consecrated October 18, 1797
120) Alexander Viets Griswold - consecrated May 29, 1811
121) John Henry Hopkins - consecrated October 31, 1832
122) George D. Cummins - consecrated November 15, 1866
123) Charles Edward Cheney - consecrated December 14, 1873
124) William Rufus Nicholson - consecrated February 24, 1876
125) Alfred Spenser Richardson - consecrated June 22, 1879
126) Leon Chechemian - consecrated May 4, 1890
127) Andrew Charles Albert McLagen - consecrated November 2, 1897
128) James Heard - consecrated June 4, 1922
129) William Bernard Crow - consecrated June 13, 1943
130) Hugh George De Willmott Newman - consecrated April 10, 1944
131) Wallace de Ortega Maxey consecrated on November 7 1986
132) Nils Bertil Alexander Persson consecrated on November 23 2008
133) Alistair Herrick Bate
from Donagh, Archbishop of Dublin
1) Dúnán (also known as Donat, Donagh or Donatus) Consecrated in circa 1028
(2) Gilla Pátraic (also known as Patricius) Consecrated in 1074
(3) Donngus Ua hAingliu (also recorded as Donngus Ua hAingliu and Donat O'Haingly) Consecrated 1085
(4) Samuel Ua hAingliu consecrated 27 April 1096
(5) Gréne (also known as Gregorius) Consecrated bishop 2 October 1121
(6) Lorcán Ua Tuathail (St Laurence O'Toole) consecrated archbishop in 1162
(7) John Comyn (also known as John Cumin) consecrated 21 March 1181
(8) William of S. Mere L’Eglise consecrated on May 23, 1199
(9) Walter de Gray consecrated on October 5, 1214
(10) Walter Kirkham consecrated on December 5, 1249
(11) Henry consecrated on February 7, 1255
(12) Anthony Beck consecrated on January 9, 1284
(13) John of Halton consecrated on September 14, 1292
(14) Roger Northborough consecrated on June 27, 1322
(15) Robert Wyvil consecrated on July 15, 1330
(16) Ralph Stratford consecrated on March 12, 1340
(17) William Edendon consecrated on May 15, 1346
(18) Simon Sudbury consecrated on March 20, 1362
(19) Thomas Brentingham consecrated on May 12, 1370
(20) Robert Braybrooke consecrated on January 5, 1382
(21) Roger Walden consecrated on February 3, 1398
(22) Henry Beaufort consecrated on July 14, 1398
(23) Thomas Bourchier consecrated on May 15, 1435
(24) John Morton Consecrated on January 31, 1479
(25) Richard FitzJames consecrated on May 21, 1497
(26) William Warham consecrated on September 25, 1502
(27) John Longlands consecrated on May 15, 1521
(28) Thomas Cranmer consecrated on March 30, 1533
(29) William Barlow consecrated on June 1536
(30) Matthew Parker consecrated December 17(19), 1559
(31) Edmund Grindall consecrated December 21,1559
(32) John Whitgift consecrated April 21, 1577
(33) Richard Bancroft consecrated on May 8, 1597
(34) George Abbott consecrated December 3, 1609
(35) George Montaigne consecrated on December 14, 1617
(36) William Laud consecrated Bishop of St. David’s on November 18, 1621
(37) Brian Duppa consecrated Bishop of Chichester on June 17, 1638
(38) Gilbert Sheldon consecrated Bishop of London on October 28, 1660
(39) Henry Compton consecrated on December 6, 1674
(40) William Sancroft consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury on January 27, 1678
(41) Thomas White consecrated Bishop of Peterborough on October 25, 1685
(42) George Hickes consecrated Bishop of Thetford Febuary 21, 1693
(43) James Gadderar consecrated Bishop at Large on Febuary 24, 1712
(44) Thomas Rattray consecrated on June 24, 1727
(45) William Falconar consecrated Bishop of Caithness on Sept 10, 1741
(46) Robert Kilgour consecrated on September 21, 1768
(47) Samuel Seabury consecrated at Aberdeen on November 14, 1784
(48) Thomas John Claggett consecrated on September 17, 1792
(49) Edward Bass consecrated on May 7, 1797
(50) Abraham Jarvis consecrated on October 18, 1797
(51) Alexander Viets Griswold consecrated on May 29, 1811
(52) John Henry Hopkins consecrated on October 31, 1832
(53) George D. Cummins consecrated on November 15, 1866
(54) Charles Edward Cheney consecrated on December 14, 1873
(55) William Rufus Nicholson consecrated on February 24, 1876
(56) Alfred Spenser Richardson consecrated on June 22, 1879
(57) Leon Chechemian consecrated on May 4, 1890
(58) Andrew Charles Albert McLagen consecrated on November 2, 1897
(59) James Heard consecrated on June 4, 1922
(60) William Bernard Crow consecrated on June 13, 1943
(61) Hugh George De Willmott Newman consecrated on April 10, 1944
(62) Wallace de Ortega Maxey consecrated on November 7 1986
(63) Nils Bertil Alexander Persson consecrated on November 23 2008
(64) Alistair Herrick Bate
(2) Gilla Pátraic (also known as Patricius) Consecrated in 1074
(3) Donngus Ua hAingliu (also recorded as Donngus Ua hAingliu and Donat O'Haingly) Consecrated 1085
(4) Samuel Ua hAingliu consecrated 27 April 1096
(5) Gréne (also known as Gregorius) Consecrated bishop 2 October 1121
(6) Lorcán Ua Tuathail (St Laurence O'Toole) consecrated archbishop in 1162
(7) John Comyn (also known as John Cumin) consecrated 21 March 1181
(8) William of S. Mere L’Eglise consecrated on May 23, 1199
(9) Walter de Gray consecrated on October 5, 1214
(10) Walter Kirkham consecrated on December 5, 1249
(11) Henry consecrated on February 7, 1255
(12) Anthony Beck consecrated on January 9, 1284
(13) John of Halton consecrated on September 14, 1292
(14) Roger Northborough consecrated on June 27, 1322
(15) Robert Wyvil consecrated on July 15, 1330
(16) Ralph Stratford consecrated on March 12, 1340
(17) William Edendon consecrated on May 15, 1346
(18) Simon Sudbury consecrated on March 20, 1362
(19) Thomas Brentingham consecrated on May 12, 1370
(20) Robert Braybrooke consecrated on January 5, 1382
(21) Roger Walden consecrated on February 3, 1398
(22) Henry Beaufort consecrated on July 14, 1398
(23) Thomas Bourchier consecrated on May 15, 1435
(24) John Morton Consecrated on January 31, 1479
(25) Richard FitzJames consecrated on May 21, 1497
(26) William Warham consecrated on September 25, 1502
(27) John Longlands consecrated on May 15, 1521
(28) Thomas Cranmer consecrated on March 30, 1533
(29) William Barlow consecrated on June 1536
(30) Matthew Parker consecrated December 17(19), 1559
(31) Edmund Grindall consecrated December 21,1559
(32) John Whitgift consecrated April 21, 1577
(33) Richard Bancroft consecrated on May 8, 1597
(34) George Abbott consecrated December 3, 1609
(35) George Montaigne consecrated on December 14, 1617
(36) William Laud consecrated Bishop of St. David’s on November 18, 1621
(37) Brian Duppa consecrated Bishop of Chichester on June 17, 1638
(38) Gilbert Sheldon consecrated Bishop of London on October 28, 1660
(39) Henry Compton consecrated on December 6, 1674
(40) William Sancroft consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury on January 27, 1678
(41) Thomas White consecrated Bishop of Peterborough on October 25, 1685
(42) George Hickes consecrated Bishop of Thetford Febuary 21, 1693
(43) James Gadderar consecrated Bishop at Large on Febuary 24, 1712
(44) Thomas Rattray consecrated on June 24, 1727
(45) William Falconar consecrated Bishop of Caithness on Sept 10, 1741
(46) Robert Kilgour consecrated on September 21, 1768
(47) Samuel Seabury consecrated at Aberdeen on November 14, 1784
(48) Thomas John Claggett consecrated on September 17, 1792
(49) Edward Bass consecrated on May 7, 1797
(50) Abraham Jarvis consecrated on October 18, 1797
(51) Alexander Viets Griswold consecrated on May 29, 1811
(52) John Henry Hopkins consecrated on October 31, 1832
(53) George D. Cummins consecrated on November 15, 1866
(54) Charles Edward Cheney consecrated on December 14, 1873
(55) William Rufus Nicholson consecrated on February 24, 1876
(56) Alfred Spenser Richardson consecrated on June 22, 1879
(57) Leon Chechemian consecrated on May 4, 1890
(58) Andrew Charles Albert McLagen consecrated on November 2, 1897
(59) James Heard consecrated on June 4, 1922
(60) William Bernard Crow consecrated on June 13, 1943
(61) Hugh George De Willmott Newman consecrated on April 10, 1944
(62) Wallace de Ortega Maxey consecrated on November 7 1986
(63) Nils Bertil Alexander Persson consecrated on November 23 2008
(64) Alistair Herrick Bate
Bishops Bruno and Alistair, 2016