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 John Fennelly was an Irish born Roman Catholic Bishop of Madras in India from 1841 until 1868. Fennelly was from Moyne, County Tipperary, studied for the priesthood in Maynooth College, and was ordained, he came to India in 1839 as part of the ...

who had served as Bishop of Madras from 1841 until his death 1868. He served as Vicar General for the Diocese of Madras, he also gained the religious title of Monsignor. He brought the Irish Patrician Brothers to India in 1875.History
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1816 births 1880 deaths Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth Irish expatriate Catholic bishops {{RC-bishop-stub