Hugh Allen (bishop)

Hugh Allen was an Anglican bishop in the second half of the sixteenth century.^[1]

An Englishman, he was appointed Bishop of Down and Connor on 21 November 1573;^[2] and translated to Ferns on 24 May 1582.^[3] He died at Fethard in 1599.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;, Greenway, D.E; Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X, 0713642556
2. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 3" Cotton, H. p203 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
3. "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p335 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878

Church of Ireland titles
Preceded by John Merriman	Bishop of Down and Connor 1573–1582	Succeeded by Edward Edgeworth
Preceded by See vacant	Bishop of Ferns 1582–1597	Succeeded by See merged
Preceded by Sees merged	Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin 1597–1599	Succeeded by Robert Grave