John Dongan

John Dongan
Bishop of Down
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Diocese of Down
In office	1394–1413
Personal details
Born	unknown Mann
Died	1413 or after
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John Dongan [Donegan, Donnegan, Donkan, Duncan] (died 1413 x) was a medieval Manx prelate. After holding the position of Archdeacon of Down, he held three successive bishoprics, Mann and the Isles (Sodor), then the see of Derry and then, lastly, Down.

He resigned his last bishopric in 1413, and died afterwards at an unrecorded date. He was the last bishop of the united diocese of Sodor, which split into the "Scottish" and "Irish" (Manx) parts because of the Western Schism.

According to the Manx Chronicle, he was a native Manxman. Despite this, the earliest major ecclesiastical position he is recorded to have obtained was Irish: in 1368 Pope Urban V appointed him Archdeacon of Down. (Dongan was originally Donnagáin and found in the south Ulster/north Leinster area [1]. In the following years Dongan worked as a papal tax-collector and nuncio in Ireland.

This service in Ireland was further rewarded in 1374 when he was appointed Bishop of Mann and the Isles (Sodor), receiving consecration from Simon Langham, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina on either 25 or 26 November 1374. He did not immediately make it back to the British Isles, because while returning from Avignon he was kidnapped. After being imprisoned at Boulogne-sur-Mer, he was ransomed for 500 marks.

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