Francis Haly (1783–1855) was the Roman Catholic Bishop in
Kildare and Leighlin
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin (; ga, Deoise Chill Dara agus Leithghlinn) is a Roman Catholic diocese in eastern Ireland. It is one of three suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin and is subject to the A ...
from 1838 until his death in 1855.
He was born in Doonane, in Co. Laois and entered
Maynooth College
St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth ( ga, Coláiste Naoimh Phádraig, Maigh Nuad), is the "National Seminary for Ireland" (a Roman Catholic college), and a pontifical university, located in the town of Maynooth, from Dublin, Ireland. ...
in 1807 to train as a priest. Initially he served as a curate in Rathvilly in Co. Carlow. He succeeded Bishop
Edward Nolan to the see of Kildare and Leighlin in 1838.
He died on 19 August 1855 and is buried in
Carlow Cathedral.
Bishop Francis Haly
Catholic Hierarchy Website.
References
1783 births
1855 deaths
19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland
People from County Laois
Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth
Roman Catholic bishops of Kildare and Leighlin
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