Joseph Hoare (born

Ballymahon Ballymahon () on the River Inny is a town in the southern part of County Longford, Ireland. It is located at the junction of the N55 National secondary road and the R392 regional road. History Ballymahon derives its name from the Irish lang ...

, 15 March 1842 - died

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, 14 April 1927) was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop. Hoare was educated at St Patrick's College, Maynooth and ordained priest on 11 June 1867. He was a

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then head teacher at St Mel's College, Longford. He was parish priest of Street, County Westmeath from 1881 to 1887; and then of

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until his appointment as Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise in 1895. He died in post.

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Christian clergy from County Longford 1842 births 1927 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland Roman Catholic bishops of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland People from Ballymahon {{Ireland-RC-bishop-stub