Thomas Alphonsus O'Callaghan

Thomas Alphonsus O’Callaghan DD (b & d Cork 9 May 1839; 14 June 1916) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop in the last two decades of the nineteenth century and the first two of the 20th.^[1]

O'Callaghan was educated at Minerva College, Rome and ordained in 1863. He became Prior of St Clement’s, Rome in 1881.^[2] William Delany, Bishop of Cork preferred successor was the Dean of Cork, Henry Neville but he was viewed unfavourably by Thomas Croke, the Archbishop of Cashel and O'Callaghan was selected.^[3] He was consecrated coadjutor bishop of Cork in 1884 before succeeding in 1886. He died in post in 1916.^[4]

References[]

^ Catholic Hierarchy
^ "O'Callaghan, Thomas Alphonsus". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 February 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Echo Live- the fascinating history of Cork’s bishops
^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 344. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by William Delany	Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork 1886–1916	Succeeded by Daniel Cohalan

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[1] Catholic Hierarchy

[2] "O'Callaghan, Thomas Alphonsus". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 17 February 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[3] Echo Live- the fascinating history of Cork’s bishops

[HOCBC-4] Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 344. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

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