Dominic de Burgo

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).

The Most Reverend Dominic de Burgo
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Bishop of Elphin
In office	1671–1691
Predecessor	See vacant
Successor	See vacant
Orders
Consecration	1671
Personal details
Born	Dominic Burke c. 1622 Craughwell, County Galway, Ireland
Died	1 January 1704(1704-01-01) (aged 81–82) Louvain
Nationality	Irish

Early life

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

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

• House of Burgh, an Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman dynasty founded in 1193
• Catholic Church in Ireland