Hugh Allen (bishop)

Hugh Allen was an Anglican bishop in the second half of the sixteenth century.[1]

An Englishman, he was appointed Bishop of Down and Connor on 21 November 1573;[2] and translated to ferns on 24 May 1582.[3] He died at Fethard in 1599

References

  1. Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 0713642556
  2. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton,H. p203 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  3. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton,H. p335 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by
John Merriman
Bishop of Down and Connor
1573–1582
Succeeded by
Edward Edgeworth
Preceded by
See vacant
Bishop of Ferns
1582–1599
Succeeded by
Robert Grave
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