Although the historic archdiocese was suppressed in 1580, and its replacement, the apostolic vicariate, was erected in 1592, the chapter of the suppressed archdiocese arranged for Luke Fagan, Bishop of Meath, to ordain priests for the suppressed archdiocese in 1716 [REF].
The apostolic vicariate was reduced to a mission sui iuris by Pope Benedict XIII in 1727 [REF].