Dominic de Burgo (English: /dəˈbɜːr/ də-BUR; c. 1622–1 January 1704) was an Irish Roman Catholic cleric who was Bishop of Elphin in the late 17th century (1671–1691).


Dominic de Burgo
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeBishop of Elphin
In office1671–1691
PredecessorSee vacant
SuccessorSee vacant
Orders
Consecration1671
Personal details
Born
Dominic Burke

c. 1622
Died1 January 1704(1704-01-01) (aged 81–82)
Louvain
NationalityIrish

Early life

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Burke or de Burgo, was a native of Craughwell, County Galway, listed by Hugh Fenning as Of the family of Cahirkinvonivy. He was a descendant of the House of Burgh: the surname "de Burgo" is the Latinised form of this name (with the gaelicised form being de Búrca or Búrc).[1]

Career

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de Burgo was professed at Athenry in 1648 and studied for six years in Segovia, later living in Pesaro, Treviso and Milan. He was listed as Definitor for Ireland at the General Chapter at Rome in 1670.

He was consecrated as Bishop of Elphin at Ghent in 1671, he was disliked by Oliver Plunkett, who stated he was "extravagant, imprudent in word and deed." He was exiled in 1691, living in poverty with the Franciscans of St. Anthony's, Louvain, where he died on 1 January 1704.[2][3]

See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Woulfe, Patrick (1923). Irish Names and Surnames (in English and Irish). Dublin: M. H. Gill & Sons Ltd.
  2. ^ "Bishop Dominic Burke [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  3. ^ Tomás S. R., Ó Floinn (October 2009). "Burke, Dominic". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy. doi:10.3318/dib.001154.v1. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

Further reading

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  • Hardiman, James (1820). History of Galway.
  • Fenning, Hugh (2000), "Irish Dominicans at Lisbon before 1700: A Biographical Register", Collectanea Hibernica, 42: 27–65
  • O Floinn, Tomas S.R. (2010), "Burke, Dominic", Dictionary of Irish Biography from the Earliest Times to the Year 2002, Cambridge: 23–24
  • Woulfe, Patrick (1923). Irish Names and Surnames (in English and Irish). Dublin: M. H. Gill & Sons Ltd.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Elphin
1671–1704
Succeeded by