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Conor O'Devany

Blessed Concobhar Ó Duibheannaigh (c. 1532 – 1 (O.S.)/11 (N.S.) February 1612; Conor O'Devany, Cornelius O'Devany) is a formally beatified Irish Catholic Martyrs who was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop and martyr. Ó Duibheannaigh was born in Drumkeen, Raphoe, County Donegal, educated at the Franciscan convent in Donegal Town. While in Rome, Ó Duibheannaigh was appointed Bishop of Down and Connor by Pope Gregory XIII on 27 April 1582, and consecrated by Cardinal Nicolas de Pellevé on 2 February 1583.

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