Bernard Finegan

Bernard Finegan (b Annagh, County Cavan 15 August 1837; d. Cavan 17 January 1887) was an Irish prelate who briefly served in the Roman Catholic Church as the Bishop of Kilmore from 1886 to 1887.

Prior to his episcopal career, Finegan was the parish priest of Drumlane from March 1880 to May 1886.

[1] He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Kilmore by Pope Leo XIII on 10 May 1886 and the papal brief was dispatched on 18 May 1886.

[2][3][4] Bishop Finnegan died in office on 11 November 1887, aged 50.

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