Bernard Coyne (bishop)

The Most Reverend Bernard Coyne DD (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. Bishop Bernard Coyne. Catholic Hierarchy website. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  2. "Elphin, Bishop of" . Thoms Irish Whos Who . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. 72  – via Wikisource.
  3. 'Irish Bishop Dead' The Bulletin, Official Organ of the Catholic Laymans Association of Georgia, 26 August 1926.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
John Joseph Clancy (bishop)		 Bishop of Elphin
1913–1926		 Succeeded by
Edward Doorly


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