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Pierse Power

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The Most Reverend
Pierse Power
Bishop of Waterford and Lismore
Church Roman Catholic
Metropolis Cashel and Emly
Diocese Waterford and Lismore
Installed 17 December 1887
Term ended 22 May 1889
Predecessor John Power
Successor John Egan
Previous posts Parish priest, Dungarvan
Personal details
Born 1827
Clonmel, Ireland
Died 1889 (aged 61-62)
Waterford, Ireland
Alma mater St John's College, Waterford
St Patrick's College, Maynooth

Pierse Power (1827 – 1889) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Waterford and Lismore from 1887 until his death.[1]

Life

Power was educated at St John's College, Waterford and St Patrick's College, Maynooth.[2] After a curacy at Clonmel, he was on the staff of St John's from 1858 until 1879.[2] Power was parish priest at Dungarvan from 1879 until 1886 when he was ordained Coadjutor bishop of Waterford and Lismore with the right of succession. He became bishop on 17 December 1887[3] and served until his death on 22 May 1889.[2]

References

  1. Back to citation "Bishop Piers Power † Deceased Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland". Catholic Hierarchy. Roman Catholic Church. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 Back to citation occurrence 2.2 Canning, Bernard (1988). Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987. Ballyshannon: Donegal Democrat. p. 302. ISBN 1870963008.
  3. Back to citation Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, pp. 368–370.

Bibliography

  • Moody, T. W; Martin, F. X; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. A New History of Ireland. Vol. IX. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.