Joseph Cunnane D.D. (5 October 1913 – 8 March 2001) was an Irish

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clergyman who served as the

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from 1969 to 1987. Born in the parish of Knock in

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, he was educated at

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, Tuam, and St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth. He was ordained in 1939. Following postgraduate studies in Maynooth he was awarded a Doctorate of Divinity in 1941. He was professor of Irish at St. Jarlath's from 1941 until 1958 when he was appointed to

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. He moved to Clifden,

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in 1967. He was appointed archbishop of the Metropolitan see of Tuam in 1969 and retired from the post on 11 July 1987. He died in 2001 and is buried in the grounds of Tuam Cathedral.Death of Bishop Cunnane
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1913 births 2001 deaths People from Knock, County Mayo Christian clergy from County Mayo Roman Catholic archbishops of Tuam 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Ireland Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth {{Ireland-RC-bishop-stub