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- ↑ 'The Appointment of Catholic Bishops in Nineteenth-Century Ireland' John H. Whyte The Catholic Historical Review Vol. 48, No. 1 (Apr., 1962), pp. 12-32 (21 pages) Published By: Catholic University of America Press
- ↑ Diocesan web-site
- ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 412. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ↑ Catholic Hierarchy
- ↑ Find a grave
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