Thomas Alphonsus O'Callaghan

Thomas Alphonsus O'Callaghan

Bishop of Cork
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Cork
In office14 November 1886 – 14 June 1916
PredecessorWilliam Delany
SuccessorDaniel Cohalan
Previous postsTitular Bishop of Lambaesis (1884-1886)
Coadjutor Bishop of Cork (1884-1886)
Orders
OrdinationJuly 1863
Consecration29 June 1884
by Giovanni Simeoni
Personal details
Born(1839-05-09)9 May 1839
Died14 June 1916(1916-06-14) (aged 77)
Cork, County Cork, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Thomas Alphonsus O’Callaghan (9 May 1839 – 14 June 1916) was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop who was born and died in Cork.[1]

O'Callaghan was educated at Minerva College, Rome and ordained a Dominican priest in 1863. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity (DD). He became Prior of St Clement's, Rome in 1881.[2] William Delany, Bishop of Cork preferred successor was the Dean of Cork, Henry Neville but he was viewed unfavourably by Thomas Croke, the Archbishop of Cashel and O'Callaghan was selected.[3] He was consecrated coadjutor bishop of Cork in 1884 before succeeding in 1886. He died in post in 1916.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Bishop Thomas (Alphonse) O’Callaghan, O.P. - Catholic Hierarchy.
  2. ↑ "O'Callaghan, Thomas Alphonsus". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 February 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ↑ Echo Live- the fascinating history of Cork’s bishops
  4. ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 344. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.