William Keane (b Castlemartyr 7 April 1805; d Cobh 15 January 1874) was a Nineteenth-century Irish Roman Catholic bishop. [1]
Keane was educated at the Irish College in Paris. [2] He was ordained priest in Paris on 2 July September 1828 and was on the staff of the ICP for 11 years. He returned to be curate of Fermoy, after which he was parish priest at [[Midleton from 1841 to 1851. He was Bishop of Ross from 1851 to 1857 [2] Keane was Bishop of Ross from 1877 [3] when he was translated to Cloyne. [4]
The Diocese of Cork and Ross is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Ireland, one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and Emly.
The Diocese of Cork was established in the seventh century. The diocese of Cork was one of the twenty-four dioceses established at the Synod of Rathbreasail on an ancient bishopric founded by Saint Finbarr in the sixth-century. On 30 July 1326, Pope John XXII, on the petition of King Edward II of England, issued a papal bull for the union of the bishoprics of Cork and Cloyne, the union to take effect on the death of either bishop. The union should have taken effect on the death of Philip of Slane in 1327, however, bishops were still appointed to each separate bishopric. The union eventually took place with Jordan Purcell appointed bishop of the united see of Cork and Cloyne in 1429.
The Bishop of Cloyne is an episcopal title that takes its name after the small town of Cloyne in County Cork, Republic of Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is a separate title; but, in the Church of Ireland, it has been united with other bishoprics.
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The Bishop of Ross was a separate episcopal title which took its name after the town of Rosscarbery in County Cork, Ireland. The title is now united with other bishoprics. In the Church of Ireland it is held by the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, and in the Roman Catholic Church it is held by the Bishop of Cork and Ross.
The Bishop of Cork and Ross is an episcopal title which takes its name after the city of Cork and the County Cork town of Rosscarbery in the Republic of Ireland. The combined title was first used by the Church of Ireland from 1638 to 1660 and again from 1679 to 1835. At present the title is being used by the Roman Catholic Church.
The Bishop of Cork was a separate episcopal title which took its name after the city of Cork in Ireland. The title is now united with other bishoprics. In the Church of Ireland it is held by the Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, and in the Roman Catholic Church it is held by the Bishop of Cork and Ross.
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Bishop William Keane (born 7 Apr 1805, died 15 Jan 1874) Bishop of Cloyne