About Abraham Brownrigg
Lived 1836 – 1928 (aged 91). Abraham Brownrigg was a British and Irish catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Abraham Brownrigg (3 December 1836 in Ballypierce – 1 October 1928 in Kilkenny) was an Irish Roman Catholic prelate, who served as the Bishop of Ossory from 1884 until his death.
Brownrigg was educated by the Christian Brothers at O'Connell School in North Richmond Street, Dublin, after his father moved his family to Dublin following the death of his father he was adopted by relatives and studied at St Peter's College, Wexford and St Patrick's College, Maynooth. He was ordained priest on 21 April 1861. He was principal of St Aidan's Academy, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, and then at St Peter's in the same county. He was consecrated a bishop on 14 December 1884.
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Who was Abraham Brownrigg?
Irish roman-catholic bishop
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Abraham Brownrigg was born on 3 December 1836.
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Abraham Brownrigg died on 1 October 1928.
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Abraham Brownrigg was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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Abraham Brownrigg was British and Irish.
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