Michael Monaghan (born 1812 in

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) was an Irish clergyman and

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for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Roseau,

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. He was appointed bishop in 1851. Educated for the priesthood at

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. He was ordained a bishop in 1852 by fellow Ardagh man, Bishiop of Port of Spain

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. He died in 1855.https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/drose.html CH Bishop Monaghans brother Thomas also studied at

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and became a priest, serving in Drumshambo, Co. Leitrim.

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