About Thomas McDonnell
Lived 1912 – 1987 (aged 75). Thomas McDonnell was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Thomas McDonnell (8 November 1912 – 9 December 1987) was an Irish prelate who served as Bishop of Killala.
He was born in Ballycastle, County Mayo, in 1912. He went to St Patrick's College, Maynooth, in 1930, where he earned a First Class Honours degree in classics.
Priestly ministry
He was ordained priest on 23 June 1937. Two of his classmates ordained on the same day would also serve as Irish bishops, William Cardinal Conway and Patrick Mulligan. All three entered Maynooth's Dunboyne Institute, and in 1939 McDonnell was awarded a Doctorate of Divinity on the topic of Mass Stipends.
Death McDonnell died on 9 December 1987 at age 75, less than a year after retiring as bishop.
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Thomas McDonnell was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Thomas McDonnell (bishop)
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