Daniel O'Kearney

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Daniel O'Kearney (died 1778) was an Irish prelate who served in the Roman Catholic Church as the Bishop of Limerick from 1759 to 1778. [1] [2] [3]

He was appointed the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limerick by a papal brief on 27 November 1759 and consecrated on 27 January 1760. [1] [2] [3]

He died in office on 24 January 1778. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 2. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace. p.  51.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bishop Daniel (O')Kearney". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 438. ISBN   0-521-56350-X.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Limerick
1759–1778
Succeeded by
Denis Conway