Dominic de Burgo

Dominic de Burgo (English: /dəˈbɜːr/ də-BUR; c. 1622–1 January 1704) was an Irish Roman Catholic cleric who was Bishop of Elphin in the late 17th century (1671–1691).

Burke or de Burgo, was a native of Craughwell, County Galway, listed by Hugh Fenning as Of the family of Cahirkinvonivy.

[1] de Burgo was professed at Athenry in 1648 and studied for six years in Segovia, later living in Pesaro, Treviso and Milan.

He was consecrated as Bishop of Elphin at Ghent in 1671, he was disliked by Oliver Plunkett, who stated he was "extravagant, imprudent in word and deed."

He was exiled in 1691, living in poverty with the Franciscans of St. Anthony's, Louvain, where he died on 1 January 1704.