Bernard O'Gara

Bernard O'Gara (died 1740) was an Irish clergyman who served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam from 1723 to 1740.^[1][2][3][4] O'Gara was the grandson of Fearghal Ó Gadhra.^[5]

Styles of Bernard O'Gara
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Grace or Archbishop

He was selected to be the archbishop of the metropolitan see of Tuam on 14 December 1723,^[2] and was confirmed by papal brief on 23 December 1723.^[1][2][3][4] He received episcopal ordination at a place of refuge from Bishop Gabriel O'Kelly of Elphin on 24 May 1724.^[1][2][3][4] Archbishop O'Gara requested the Pallium, and the dispensing brief was issued in 1726.^[1]

He died in office in, or before, June 1740.^[1][2][3][4]

See also

Michael O'Gara - brother, Archbishop of Tuam from 1740 to 1748

References

1. Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 2. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace. p. 147.
2. "Archbishop Bernard (Michael) O'Gara". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
3. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 443. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
4. Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. New History of Ireland. Vol. XI. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 379. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.
5. Rev. E. A. D'Alton. "History of the Archdiocese of Taum" (PDF). Retrieved 5 February 2022.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Francis Burke	Archbishop of Tuam 1723–1740	Succeeded by Michael O'Gara