John Fennelly was an Irish born
Roman Catholic Bishop of Madras in India from 1841 until 1868. Fennelly was from
Moyne, County Tipperary
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Civil parishes of Eliogarty
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, studied for the priesthood in
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. ...
, and was ordained, he came to India in 1839 as part of the Maynooth Mission to Madras, and appointed Bishop in 1841, succeeding another Irish born Bishop
Patrick Joseph Carew
Most Rev. Patrick Joseph Carew (1800 – 2 November 1855) was the Vicar Apostolic of Western Bengal.[Stephen Fennelly
Stephen Fennelly (1816 – 1880) was an Irish born Roman Catholic Bishop of Madras in India from 1868 until 1880. Fennelly was from Moyne, County Tipperary,, he succeeded his brother John Fennelly
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as Bishop of Madras in 1868.
History
Patrician Brothers
He served as bishop until his death in 1868.
See also
*Catholic Church in India
The Catholic Church in India is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope (''Romanus Pontifex''). There are over 20 million Catholics in India,
References
1816 births
1868 deaths
Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth
Irish expatriate Roman Catholic bishops
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