Edward J. Kissane (1886–1959) was an Irish priest, biblical scholar and President of St Patrick's College, Maynooth

Early life and education

Born in Killomeroe, Lisselton, Co. Kerry, he was educated in St. Michael's

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and St. Brendan's Killarney before entering Maynooth in 1903. He was ordained a priest in 1910 before pursuing further study in the (then) newly established) Biblical Institute in Rome, where he was awarded the degree of L.S.S. He travelled to the Holy Land pursuing his Old Testament studies, and was much published on the subject. In 1913 Dr. Kissane took up a post at

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, Toronto, Canada, as Professor of Sacred Scripture.

Staff of Maynooth College

In 1917 he returned to Ireland to take up the post of Professor of Sacred Scripture and Oriental Languages in

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. Kissane was appointed vice-president of Maynooth College in 1941 in succession to Canon P O'Neill who had been made Parish Priest of

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, County Limerick.

College President

In June 1942 he became the College president when

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was appointed

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and in 1945 was appointed

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by Pope Pius XII. He was further honoured in June 1953 when he was appointed a

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, the highest college of prelates in the Roman curia. Elected to the

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in 1942, Monsignor Kissane was appointed pro-vice chancellor of the

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in 1949. He represented Ireland on KLM's inaugural flight from Amsterdam over the North Pole to Japan in November 1958. He died in a nursing home in February 1959,Rev. Arthur Ryan, "The Late Monsignor Edward J. Kissane. A memoir", ''The Irish ecclesiastical record: a monthly journal under episcopal sanction'', Ser. 5, Vol. XCI, No. 4, pp. 233-241, April, 1959 and was succeeded by Monsignor Gerard Mitchell from the Archdiocese of Tuam.

Publications

* ''Book of Job'' by Rev. Edward J. Kissane, D.D., L.S.S., Browne and Nolan Ltd, 1939. * ''Book of Psalms'' by Rev. Edward J. Kissane, D.D., L.S.S., Browne and Nolan Ltd, 1954. * ''Book of Issiah'' by Rev. Edward J. Kissane, D.D., L.S.S., Browne and Nolan Ltd, 1941.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kissane, Edward Irish educators 20th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests Christian clergy from County Kerry 1886 births 1959 deaths Academics of St Patrick's College, Maynooth Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth Presidents of St Patrick's College, Maynooth Burials at Maynooth College Cemetery