Andrew O'Crean

{{Short description|Irish bishop}} '''Andrew O'Crean''' (? – 1594) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop. He served as the [[Bishop of Elphin]] from 1562 to 1594.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bishop Andrew O’Crean [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bocrean.html |access-date=2026-02-15 |website=catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref>

Not much is known about O'Crean's birth or early life. He was appointed as the Bishop of Elphin on January 28, 1562.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Eubel |first=Conrad |url=http://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol03eube |title=Hierarchia catholica medii aevi : sive Summorum pontificum, S.R.E. cardinalium, ecclesiarum antistitum series ... e documentis tabularii praesertim vaticani collecta, digesta, edita |date=1913 |publisher=Monasterii Sumptibus et typis librariae Regensbergianae |others=Robarts - University of Toronto}}</ref> He maintained control mainly in the northern parts of Elphin as [[Roland de Burgo|Roland Burke]], the Bishop of Elphin for the [[Church of Ireland]], had control of most of the diocese.<ref name="auto">{{Citation |last=Ó Floinn |first=Tomás S. R. |title=O'Crean, Andrew |date=2009-10-01 |work=Dictionary of Irish Biography |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/ocrean-andrew-a6663 |access-date=2026-02-15 |publisher=Royal Irish Academy |doi=10.3318/dib.006663.v1|doi-access=free }}</ref> O'Crean also advocated for the [[Tridentine Reforms]] to be implemented, and he also refused to take the [[Oath of Supremacy]].<ref name="auto"/> He died in the [[Sligo Abbey|Convent of Sligo]] in 1594.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brady |first=William Maziere |url=http://archive.org/details/episcopalsuccess02braduoft |title=The episcopal succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875 : with appointments to monasteries and extracts from consistorial acts taken from mss. in public and private libraries in Rome, Florence, Bologna, Ravenna and Paris |date=1876–1877 |location=Rome |publisher=Tipografia della Pace |others=PIMS - University of Toronto}}</ref>

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