Robert Browne (6 November 1844 – 23 March 1935) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest who served as President of

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. ...

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Bishop of Cloyne The Bishop of Cloyne is an episcopal title that takes its name after the small town of Cloyne in County Cork, Republic of Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is a separate title; but, in the Church of Ireland, it has been united with oth ...

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Robert Browne was born in Charleville, Co. Cork to Robert Browne and Margaret Mullins. He was educated at St. Colman's College, Fermoy in Cork before he pursued clerical studies at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth. Browne was ordained on 18 May 1869Bishop Robert Browne
Catholic Hierarchy for Cloyne Diocese where he ministered and worked in St. Colman's College in 1870. Rev. Browne returned to Maynooth College in 1874 and became Dean in 1875, vice-President in 1883 and President in 1885 a position he held until he was appointed Bishop of Cloyne in 1894. During Browne's tenure as president of Maynooth many developments were undertaken such as the completion of the college chapel and exhibition hall. He also served as editor of the "Irish Ecclesiastical Record" until his appointment as Bishop. His nephew was the Jesuit priest and noted photographer of the Titanic and First World War

Francis Browne Francis Patrick Mary Browne, (3 January 1880 – 7 July 1960) was a distinguished Irish Jesuit and a prolific photographer. His best known photographs are those of the RMS ''Titanic'' and its passengers and crew taken shortly before its sin ...

SJ, whom, since his parents died when he was quite young, Bishop Browne raised and supported, purchasing his first camera and giving him a present of tickets to travel from Southampton to Queenstown(Cobh).Father Browne's Finest Pictures
/ref> Browne died on 23 May 1935.

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