About Francis Joseph MacKiernan
Lived 1926 – 2005 (aged 79). Francis Joseph MacKiernan was an Irish catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Francis Joseph MacKiernan (1926–2005) was an Irish prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the Bishop of Kilmore from 1972 to 1998 and chaired the coordinating committee for the visit of Pope John Paul II to Ireland.
Early life and ministry He was born in Stradrinan, Aughawillan, County Leitrim on 3 February 1926. After his training for the priesthood at St. Patrick's College, Cavan (1939–1944) and St Patrick's College, Maynooth, he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Kilmore on 17 June 1951.
His first pastoral appointment was as a curate at St Malachy's Church, Belfast in 1951.
After twenty-six years service to the Diocese of Kilmore, he resigned on 16 October 1998 and assumed the title Bishop emeritus of Kilmore.
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Francis Joseph MacKiernan was born on 3 February 1926 in County Leitrim.
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Francis Joseph MacKiernan died on 23 December 2005 in Cavan General Hospital.
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Francis Joseph MacKiernan was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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Francis Joseph MacKiernan was Irish.
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