John Joseph Clancy (bishop)
The Most Reverend John Joseph Clancy (1856–1912) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Elphin from 1895 to 1912.[1][2]
He was born on 23 December 1856 in Sooey, County Sligo, Ireland.[3] He was educated at the Marist Brothers school in sligo and Summerhill College, in 1876 he went to Maynooth College to study for the priesthood.[4] He went on to become professor of English Literature and French at Maynooth. He was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Elphin and Titular Bishop of Achantus on 12 January 1895. He succeeded as the Diocesan Bishop of Elphin on 8 February 1895 and ordained bishop on 24 March 1895. He died in office on 19 October 1912, aged 55 years old.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Bishop John Joseph Clancy. Catholic Hierarchy website. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 428. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ^ "Clancy, John Joseph". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1897–1919 (April 2017 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 February 2021. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ^ Elphin Diocese www.newadvent.org.
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