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.
| Styles of Bernard Finegan | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | My Lord |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Life edit
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 edit
- ^ Canning, Bernard (1988). Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987. Ballyshannon: Donegal Democrat. p. 136. ISBN 1870963008.
- ^ a b c "Bishop Bernard Finnegan". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ a b c Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 437.
- ^ a b c Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, p. 350.
References edit
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. A New History of Ireland. Vol. IX. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.
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