Thomas Deenihan KC*HS (born 26 June 1967), in Cork, Ireland is the

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of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Meath The Diocese of Meath ( ga, Deoise na Mí) is a diocese of the Catholic Church that is located in the middle part of Ireland. It is one of eight suffragan dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Armagh. Thomas Deenihan has been bishop of the d ...

Early life and education

Educated at North Monastery Christian Brothers School in Cork, he studied for the priesthood at St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth. He was ordained priest in 1991. As part of the

Christian Leadership in Education Office (CLEO) Christian Leadership in Education Office (CLEO), provides postgraduate training in education in Cork, Ireland. Originally founded in 1991 as the ''Christian Formation Resource Centre (CFRC)'' by a number of Catholic religious orders, in 1997 it cam ...

programmes in Cork, he gained a master's degree in education in 1999 from the

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, and subsequently gained a Doctorate in Education. Deenihan taught for a number of years in St. Goban's College

Bantry Bantry () is a town in the civil parish of Kilmocomoge in the barony of Bantry on the southwest coast of County Cork, Ireland. It lies in West Cork at the head of Bantry Bay, a deep-water gulf extending for to the west. The Beara Peninsula is ...

, and served on the board of the Cork Education and Training Board and a member of the Catholics Schools Partnership.

Episcopal ministry

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appointed him Bishop of Meath on 18 June 2018. Deenihan was consecrated as Bishop on 2 September 2018, at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Mullingar by Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh.

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Website of the Diocese of Meath
People from County Cork 1967 births Living people Roman Catholic bishops of Meath 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth Alumni of the University of Hull {{Ireland-RC-bishop-stub