John Ahern (bishop)

John Ahern
Bishop of Cloyne
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Cloyne
In office30 March 1957 – 17 February 1987
PredecessorJames Roche
SuccessorJohn Magee
Orders
Ordination31 June 1936
Consecration9 June 1957
by Albert Levame
Personal details
Born(1911-08-31)31 August 1911
Leamlara (near Lisgoold), County Cork, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died25 September 1997(1997-09-25) (aged 86)
BuriedSt Colman's Cathedral, Cobh

John J. Ahern DCL, STL, (1911–1997) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman, who served as Bishop of Cloyne from 1957 until 1987.

Born in 1911, a native of Leamlara, near Lisgoold, County Cork, Ahern was ordained in 1936.[1] He was appointed professor of canon law at Maynooth College in 1946.[2] In 1956, he was appointed to the see of Cloyne. He was a council father at the Second Vatican Council.

Ahern's tomb outside St Colman's Cathedral (Cobh).

Ahern retired as bishop in 1987 and died on 25 September 1997.[3] Bishop John Magee succeeded him at Cloyne. The National School in Leamlara, which succeeded the one he attended, is named in his honour.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Bishop John J. Ahern www.catholic-hierarchy.org
  2. ↑ Kalendarium Maynooth College.
  3. ↑ Death of former bishop of cloyne Irish Times, 27 September 1997.
  4. ↑ Bishop Ahern National School www.bishopahern.ie


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