The Bishop of was head of an historic Irish diocese,'Monasticum Hibernicum; or, an history of the abbeys, priories, and other religious houses in Ireland' Archdall, M. (Dublin: printed for Luke White, 1786) firstly subsumed by the Diocese of Meath and now within the Diocese of Meath and Kildare.
Its hub was the settlement of Fore, County Westmeath."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p149 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878
Bishops Bishops of ForeFromUntilIncumbentNotes745765Suarlech"Abbat and Bishop of Fore; died 27 March that year (Archdall ibid)765766Ardgeneunknown869Gnia"Abbat and Bishop" (Archdall) unknown882Ailiollunknown887Cormac"also Coadjutor Bishop of Clonmacnoise" (Archdall) unknown927Moel PoileSources: , The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 2, pp. 127–128., Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 430 and 432–433., Maps, Genealogies, Lists, p. 362.
Senior clergy
The only recorded officer of the diocese below that of bishop is Cormac O'Ruadrach."Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society" p29: Dundalk, W.Tempest, 1904
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External links Google Books St. Suairlech of Fore, Bishop