Austin Quinn (1892–1974) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the Bishop of Kilmore from 1950 to 1972.
[2] He undertook postgraduate studies in St Patrick's College, Maynooth from 1915 – 1917 and was appointed professor of theology in All Hallows College Dublin where he taught for ten years before returning to his diocese to serve as a curate first in Ardee (1927-1930) and then Armagh (1930 – 1940).
He was thus a close collaborator of Cardinal John D'Alton and the promoter of the cause of the beatification of Oliver Plunkett.
[2][4][5] Quinn's episcopal consecration took place on 10 September 1950; the principal consecrator was Archbishop John Francis D'Alton of Armagh, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop William MacNeely of Raphoe and Bishop James Joseph MacNamee of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise.
[2] The infamous Kilnacrott Abbey was in Quinn's diocese and it has been reported that he rarely saw eye to eye with Abbot Felim Colwell whose lax discipline is held to be responsible for permitting Fr Brendan Smyth to abuse children.