Ross MacMahon
{{short description|Catholic bishop (1698-1748)}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend
| name = Ross Roe MacMahon
| title = Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All-Ireland
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| church = Roman Catholic Church
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| see = Armagh
| term = 1747 — 1748
| predecessor = Bernard MacMahon
| successor = Michael O'Reilly
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| birth_date = {{birth year|1698}}
| birth_place = Enagh, County Monaghan
| death_date = 29 October {{death year and age|1748|1698}}
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| previous_post = Bishop of Clogher
(1737–1747)
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Ross Roe MacMahon (born 1698 in Enagh, County Monaghan) was ordained to the priesthood in 1727. He was appointed as Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher on 8 November 1738 following the appointment of his predecessor, Bernard MacMahon, to the see of Armagh on 8 November 1737.[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmcmar.html History of Bishop Ross Roe MacMahon] Bishop MacMahon was himself appointed to the same see on 3 August 1747; he died in Armagh on 29 October 1748. Bishop MacMahon served as Bishop of Clogher for just under nine years.
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Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Clogher
Category:Christian clergy from County Monaghan