Hugh Allen was an Anglican bishop in the second half of the sixteenth century.
An Englishman, he was appointed Bishop of Down and Connor on 21 November 1573; and translated to Ferns on 24 May 1582. He died at Fethard in 1599.
References
- Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;, Greenway, D.E; Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 0713642556
- "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p203 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
- "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p335 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
Church of Ireland titles | ||
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Preceded byJohn Merriman | Bishop of Down and Connor 1573–1582 |
Succeeded byEdward Edgeworth |
Preceded bySee vacant | Bishop of Ferns 1582–1597 |
Succeeded bySee merged |
Preceded bySees merged | Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin 1597–1599 |
Succeeded byRobert Grave |
Bishops of Down and Connor; of Down, Connor and Dromore; and of Down and Dromore | |
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Down and Connor |
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Down, Connor and Dromore | |
Down and Dromore |
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