Dominic Maguire

Dominic Maguire O.P. (died 1707) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 1683 to 1707.[1][2][3]

Styles of Dominic Maguire O.P.
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Grace or Archbishop

Biography

A Dominican friar, he was elected Archbishop of Armagh by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith on 14 December 1683.[2][3] By a papal brief, dated 12 January 1684,[1][2][3] he was empowered to perform archiepiscopal functions without the Pallium.[2] During the revolution of 1688, Maguire and other Catholic prelates were instrumental in saving from destruction the valuable library of Trinity College, Dublin.[2] In 1691, he fled to France, and took refuge in Paris from his persecutors.[2]

He died in exile following the Treaty of Limerick, in Paris on 21 September 1707,[1][2][3] and was buried in the crypt the church of the Collège des Lombards[4] which was part of the Irish College in Paris.[2]

References

1. "Archbishop Dominic Maguire, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
2. Brady 1876, The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 1, p. 229.
3. Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 415.
4. History Irish Chaplaincy Paris.

Bibliography

• Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Volume 1. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)