About Edward MacCabe
Lived 1816 – 1885 (aged 68). Edward MacCabe was an Irish catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Edward Cardinal MacCabe or McCabe (14 February 1816 – 11 February 1885) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin from 1879 until his death and a Cardinal from 1882.
Biography MacCabe's father was a poor shopkeeper.
He was transferred of the united more parish of Dún Laoghaire (then called Kingstown), Monkstown and Glasthule, from 1865 until 1879, and became a member of the chapter and vicar-general. For the twelve following years his was the ordinary life of a pastor. In 1877 he was appointed Titular bishop of Gadara and Auxiliary of Dublin, and on the death of Paul Cardinal Cullen, the incumbent Archbishop, he was chosen in 1879 to be Cullen's successor.
His papers are available in Dublin for consultation by scholars.
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Catholic cardinal (1816-1885)
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Edward MacCabe was born on 14 February 1816 in Dublin.
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Edward MacCabe died on 11 February 1885 in Dublin.
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Edward MacCabe was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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