Edward Mulhern
Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Dromore, Northern Ireland
About Edward Mulhern
Lived 1863 – 1943 (aged 80). Edward Mulhern was a British and Irish catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Edward Mulhern (28 January 1863 – 12 August 1943) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Dromore, Northern Ireland.
He was a native of Ederney in County Fermanagh and after a local education was ordained priest in Maynooth College 16 September 1889 for service in the Diocese of Clogher.
He spent many years as a teacher in, and was eventually President of, St Macartan's College in Monaghan. In 1903 he moved to parish ministry and was Parish Priest of Bundoran at the time of his elevation.
His appointment to Dromore was announced on 31 Jan 1916 and he received episcopal consecration in Newry on 30 April 1916.
Among his principal works as Bishop was wiping out the debt on and thus formally consecrating the cathedral of Saints Patrick and Colman in Newry and the restoration of the Cathedral Chapter.
He died in office in August 1943.
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Who was Edward Mulhern?
Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Dromore, Northern Ireland
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Edward Mulhern was born on 28 January 1863 in Ederney.
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Edward Mulhern died on 12 August 1943.
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Edward Mulhern was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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Edward Mulhern was British and Irish.
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