Bernard Finegan

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Bernard Finegan (b Annagh, County Cavan 15 August 1837; d. Cavan 17 January 1887) was an Irish prelate who briefly served in the Roman Catholic Church as the Bishop of Kilmore from 1886 to 1887.

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Life

Finegan was educated at St Patrick's College, Maynooth. Prior to his episcopal career, Finegan was the parish priest of Drumlane from March 1880 to May 1886. [1] He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Kilmore by Pope Leo XIII on 10 May 1886 and the papal brief was dispatched on 18 May 1886. [2] [3] [4] Finegan's episcopal consecration took place on 13 June 1886; the principal consecrator was James Donnelly, Bishop of Clogher, and the principal co-consecrators were Thomas McNulty, Bishop of Meath and Bartholomew Woodlock, Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise. [2] [3] [4]

Bishop Finnegan died in office on 11 November 1887, aged 50. [2] [3] [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Canning, Bernard (1988). Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987. Ballyshannon: Donegal Democrat. p. 136. ISBN   1870963008.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bishop Bernard Finnegan". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 437.
  4. 1 2 3 Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 350.

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