Maurice MacGibbon
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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = Maurice MacGibbon
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| archdiocese = Archdiocese of Cashel
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| term = 1567–1578
| predecessor = Roland Baron Fitzgerald
| successor = Dermot O'Hurley
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| consecration = 15 June 1567
| consecrated_by = Egidio Valenti
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Maurice MacGibbon, O. Cist. (died 1578) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Cashel (1567–1578).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol03eube|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III|pages=[https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol03eube/page/156 156]|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second}} (in Latin)[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmgib.html "Archbishop Maurice MacGibbon, O. Cist."] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 4 January 2017[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcash.html "Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/cash0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly"] GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 29 February 2016
Biography
Maurice MacGibbon was ordained a priest in the Cistercian Order.
On 4 June 1567, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Archbishop of Cashel.
On 15 June 1567, he was consecrated bishop by Egidio Valenti, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, with Thomas Goldwell, Bishop of Saint Asaph, and Giacomo Galletti, Bishop of Alessano, serving as co-consecrators.
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Category:16th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Ireland
Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Pius V
Category:Roman Catholic archbishops of Cashel
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