About Thomas Costello
Lived 1744 – 1831 (aged 86–87). Thomas Costello was a catholic priest, catholic deacon and catholic bishop.
Thomas Costello (1744 – 1831) was an Irish prelate who served as Bishop of Clonfert.
He was born in Ballaghaderreen. Coen went to the Irish College in Rome to study for the priesthood and was ordained priest in December 1767. Coen was appointed titular bishop of Milevum on 26 January 1816; and Diocesan Bishop of Clonfert on 6 July 1786. He died in post on 8 October 1831.
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Roman Catholic bishop
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Thomas Costello was born in 1744.
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Thomas Costello died on 9 October 1831.
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Thomas Costello was a catholic priest, catholic deacon and catholic bishop.
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