Thomas MacGivern
Irish Bishop
About Thomas MacGivern
Lived 1829 – 1900.
Thomas McGivern, D.D. (20 December 1829 in Ballynanny, County Down – 24 November 1900 in Newry) was an Irish Catholic Priest who served as Bishop of Dromore from 1890 to 1900.
McGivern was educated at St Colman's College, Newry and The Irish College, Rome. He was ordained priest in 1854. After curacies at Ballynahinch and Newry he was parish priest at Drumgath from 1872 to 1887. He was ordained Coadjutor Bishop of Dromore in 1886 and its Diocesan in 1890, a post he held until his death.
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Irish Bishop
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Thomas MacGivern was born in 1829.
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Thomas MacGivern died in 1900.
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