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Michael Flannery (bishop)

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Michael Flannery
Bishop of Killaloe
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Killaloe
In office 29 July 1859 – 19 June 1891
Predecessor Daniel Vaughan
Successor Thomas McRedmond
Previous posts Titular Bishop of Tiberiopolis (1858-1859)
Coadjutor Bishop of Killaloe (1858-1859)
Orders
Ordination 5 January 1843
Consecration 5 September 1858
by Patrick Leahy
Personal details
Born 17 May 1818
Scariff, County Clare, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died 19 June 1891 (aged 73)
Paris, France

Michael Flannery (b Scarriff 17 May 1818; d Paris 19 June 1891) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Killaloe from 1859 until his death.[1]

Flannery was educated at St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth.[2] After a curacy at Cloughjordan he was on the staff of All Hallows College, Dublin from 1843 until 1858. He was Bishop of Killaloe from 1859 until his death.[3]

References

  1. Back to citation "Bishop Michael Flannery †Deceased Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland". Catholic Hierarchy. Roman Catholic Church. Retrieved 11 August 2024. “Bishop Michael Flannery (born 17 May 1818, died 19 Jun 1891) Bishop of Killaloe”
  2. Back to citation Canning, Bernard (1988). Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987. Ballyshannon: Donegal Democrat. p. 273. ISBN 1870963008.
  3. Back to citation Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 360–361, 396–398 and 434–435. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.