John Coffey (bishop)

John Coffey, DD (b and d County Kerry 10 January 1836; 14 April 1904) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop in the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries.^[1]

Coffey was educated at St Patrick's College, Maynooth and ordained in 1865.^[2] He was Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe from 1889 until his death.^[3] He is buried at St Mary's Cathedral, Killarney.^[4]

References

^ The Post-Reformation Bishops of Kerry Kerry Archaeological Magazine Vol. 4, No. 20 (Apr., 1918), pp. 265-272
^ Catholic Hierarchy
^ 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.
^ Find a grave

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[1] The Post-Reformation Bishops of Kerry Kerry Archaeological Magazine Vol. 4, No. 20 (Apr., 1918), pp. 265-272

[2] Catholic Hierarchy

[HOCBC-3] 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.

[4] Find a grave

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