Donatus O'Murray
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Archbishop
Archbishop
An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...

 Donatus Ó Muireadhaigh (aka Donatus O'Murray) was a fifteenth century Archbishop of Tuam, an archdiocese in western Ireland
Ireland
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 surrounding Galway
Galway
Galway or City of Galway is a city in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It is the sixth largest and the fastest-growing city in Ireland. It is also the third largest city within the Republic and the only city in the Province of Connacht. Located on the west coast of Ireland, it sits on the...

, who granted the status of collegiate church
Collegiate church
In Christianity, a collegiate church is a church where the daily office of worship is maintained by a college of canons; a non-monastic, or "secular" community of clergy, organised as a self-governing corporate body, which may be presided over by a dean or provost...

 to the St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church
St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church
The Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas is the largest medieval parish church in Ireland in continuous use as a place of worship. It is located in Galway in the Republic of Ireland and was founded in 1320, dedicated to Saint Nicholas of Myra, the patron saint of seafarers...

 in Galway in 1484. The event was celebrated during the Galway Quincentennial Year, in 1984.

Appointed 2 December 1450 and consecrated after that date. Died 17 January 1485.
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