Maurice MacBrien
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| name = Maurice MacBrien
| title = Bishop of Emly
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| term = 1567–1586
| predecessor = Raymund Burke
| successor = Maurice Hurley (bishop)
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| consecrated_by = Scipione Rebiba
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Maurice MacBrien (died 1586) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Emly (1567–1586).[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmacbrien.html "Bishop Maurice MacBrien"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/de520.html "Diocese of Emly"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/emly0.htm "Diocese of Emly"] GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
Biography
On 24 January 1567, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Emly. On 7 October 1571, he was consecrated bishop by Scipione Rebiba, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere. with Umberto Locati, Bishop of Bagnoregio, and Eustachio Locatelli, Bishop of Reggio Emilia, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Emly until his death in 1586.
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Category:16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland
Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Pius V
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