The Blessed Conor O'Devany (or Concobhar Ó Duibheannaigh in Irish; c. 1532 – February 11, 1612, in Dublin) was an Irish Catholic bishop, being the Lord Bishop of Down and Connor. He was a Franciscan of Donegal Abbey in Donegal Town and, while in Rome in 1582, was appointed Eighth Bishop of Down and Connor by Pope Gregory XIII, and consecrated on February 2, 1583. Upon becoming a bishop he was, henceforth, styled His Lordship The Most Rev. Dr. Conor O'Devany, Lord Bishop of Down and Connor. His surname, in English, can also be spelled O'Devaney.
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