Eugene Magennis was at times Bishop of Down and Connor[1] during the period from 1539 to 1563.[2]

A Papal appointee from 1539, and already Archdeacon of Down,[3] he accepted royal supremacy and was confirmed by letters patent on 8 May 1542. Magennis retained possession during the reign of Queen Mary I; and probably attended the 1560 parliament where he took the Oath of Supremacy.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. pp 202/3 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
  2. ↑ Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 0713642556
  3. ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p230/31 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
  4. ↑ Tanner, M. (2003). Ireland's Holy Wars: The Struggle for a Nation's Soul, 1500-2000. Yale University Press. p. 86. ISBN 9780300092813. Retrieved 10 September 2017.


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