# Dominic de Burgo

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Irish Roman Catholic cleric and Bishop of Elphin (c.1622–1704)

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

**Dominic de Burgo** (English: [/dəˈbɜːr/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English) [*də-BUR*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key); c. 1622–1 January 1704) was an Irish [Roman Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church) cleric who was [Bishop of Elphin](/source/Bishop_of_Elphin) in the late 17th century (1671–1691).

## Early life

Burke or de Burgo, was a native of [Craughwell](/source/Craughwell), [County Galway](/source/County_Galway), listed by Hugh Fenning as *Of the family of Cahirkinvonivy.* He was a descendant of the [House of Burgh](/source/House_of_Burgh): the surname "de Burgo" is the [Latinised](/source/Latin) form of this name (with the [gaelicised](/source/Irish_language) form being [de Búrca](/source/De_B%C3%BArca) or Búrc).[1]

## Career

de Burgo was professed at [Athenry](/source/Athenry) in 1648 and studied for six years in [Segovia](/source/Segovia), later living in [Pesaro](/source/Pesaro), [Treviso](/source/Treviso) and [Milan](/source/Milan). He was listed as [Definitor](/source/Definitor) for Ireland at the [General Chapter](/source/General_Chapter) at [Rome](/source/Rome) in 1670.

He was consecrated as [Bishop of Elphin](/source/Bishop_of_Elphin) at [Ghent](/source/Ghent) in 1671, he was disliked by [Oliver Plunkett](/source/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](/source/Leuven), where he died on 1 January 1704.[2][3]

## See also

- [House of Burgh](/source/House_of_Burgh), an [Anglo-Norman](/source/Anglo-Normans) and [Hiberno-Norman](/source/Hiberno-Norman) dynasty founded in 1193

- [Catholic Church in Ireland](/source/Catholic_Church_in_Ireland)

## References

### Citations

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Woulfe, Patrick (1923). [*Irish Names and Surnames*](https://www.libraryireland.com/names/d/de-burc-de-burca.php) (in English and Irish). Dublin: M. H. Gill & Sons Ltd.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Bishop Dominic Burke \[Catholic-Hierarchy\]"](http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bburked.html). *www.catholic-hierarchy.org*. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-dib_3-0)** Tomás S. R., Ó Floinn (October 2009). ["Burke, Dominic"](https://www.dib.ie/biography/burke-dominic-a1154). *Dictionary of Irish Biography*. Royal Irish Academy. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.3318/dib.001154.v1](https://doi.org/10.3318%2Fdib.001154.v1). Retrieved 21 December 2021.

### Further reading

- [Hardiman, James](/source/James_Hardiman) (1820). *History of Galway*.

- Fenning, Hugh (2000), "Irish Dominicans at Lisbon before 1700: A Biographical Register", *[Collectanea Hibernica](/source/Collectanea_Hibernica)*, **42**: 27–65

- O Floinn, Tomas S.R. (2010), "Burke, Dominic", *Dictionary of Irish Biography from the Earliest Times to the Year 2002*, [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge): 23–24

- Woulfe, Patrick (1923). [*Irish Names and Surnames*](https://www.libraryireland.com/names/d/de-burc-de-burca.php) (in English and Irish). Dublin: M. H. Gill & Sons Ltd.

Catholic Church titles Preceded by Bernard O'Higgins Bishop of Elphin 1671–1704 Succeeded by Ambrose MacDermott

v t e Roman Catholic Bishops of Elphin William Magennis Gabriel de Serio Bernard O'Donnell Bernard O'Higgins Andrew O'Crean Nicholas a Patritio Raymund Galvin Boetius Egan Dominic de Burgo Ambrose MacDermott Patrick French John Brett James O'Fallon Edward French George Thomas Plunkett Patrick Burke George Joseph Plunket Browne Laurence Gillooly John Joseph Clancy Bernard Coyne Edward Doorly Vincent Hanly Dominic Joseph Conway Christopher Jones Kevin Doran

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