Right Reverend William Lanigan (May 1820 – 13 June 1900), was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Goulburn,

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. Lanigan was born in

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, Ireland, the son of Thomas Lanigan and his wife Brigid Anastasia, ''née'' Dauton. He was educated at

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and

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Colleges. He was ordained priest at Maynooth on 8 April 1848, and emigrated to

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in 1859. After seven years' missionary work in Goulburn and Berrima, he was consecrated Bishop of Goulburn on 9 June 1867.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lanigan, William 19th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Australia Alumni of St. Patrick's College, Thurles Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth 1820 births 1900 deaths Roman Catholic bishops of Goulburn