Jump to content

John Mangan (bishop)

From Catholicism Wiki
John Mangan
Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe
In office 8 July 1904 – 1 July 1917
Predecessor John Coffey
Successor Charles O'Sullivan
Orders
Ordination 1 July 1877
Consecration 18 September 1904
by Thomas Fennelly
Personal details
Born 8 February 1853
Listowel, County Kerry, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died 1 July 1917 (aged 64)
Killarney, County Kerry, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

John Mangan (8 February 1853, Listowel – 1 July 1917, Killarney)[1] was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop.[2]

McRedmond was educated at St Patrick's College, Maynooth and ordained in 1877. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity (DD). He served for a few years in the Liverpool Mission; after which he was a teacher at St Michael’s College, Listowel. He was the parish priest of Glengariff, then Archdeacon of Aghadoe, and Vicar-General of Kerry.[3] He was Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe from 1904 until his death.[4]

References

  1. Back to citation Kerry Weekly Report
  2. Back to citation Catholic Hierarchy
  3. Back to citation "Mangan, John". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 February 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. Back to citation Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 332–334. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.