Bernard Coyne (bishop)

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Bernard Coyne (1854–17 July 1926) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Elphin from 1913 to 1926,[1] being consecrated 30 March 1913.[2]

Coyne was born at Sandfield House, Roscommon, in 1854, and started his education at Summerhill College,[2] then later studied for the priesthood at Maynooth College where he was a classmate of the future Cardinal O'Donnell.[3]

References

  1. 1.Bishop Bernard Coyne. Catholic Hierarchy website. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  2. 2.[2.2]"Elphin, Bishop of". Thom's Irish Who's Who. Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. 72 – via Wikisource.
  3. 3.'Irish Bishop Dead' The Bulletin, Official Organ of the Catholic Laymans Association of Georgia, 26 August 1926.