title: Bishop of Fore
text: # Bishop of Fore
  
  The Bishop of was head of an historic Irish diocese, 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.
  
  ## Bishops
  
  Bishops of Fore :
  
  | From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 745 | 765 | Suarlech | "Abbat and Bishop of Fore; died 27 March that year (Archdall ibid) |
  | 765 | 766 | Ardgene |
  | unknown | 869 | Gnia | "Abbat and Bishop" (Archdall) |
  | unknown | 882 | Ailioll |
  | unknown | 887 | Cormac | "also Coadjutor Bishop of Clonmacnoise" (Archdall) |
  | unknown | 927 | Moel Poile |
  | Sources: ||||
  
  ## Senior clergy
  
  The only recorded officer of the diocese below that of bishop is Cormac O'Ruadrach.
  
  