Joseph Higgins (bishop)

Joseph Higgins (1838 – 16 September 1915) was an Irish-born Catholic bishop in Australia.

Higgins attended St Patrick's College, Maynooth where he was ordained in 1863.

[3] On 4 May 1899, he was appointed Bishop of Rockhampton, where he completed the cathedral, built 19 churches and established 10 schools, 8 institutions for lay women, and 2 communities of nuns.

[5] On 3 March 1905, aged 67 years, he became the Bishop of Ballarat, succeeding Dr James Moore.

[2] Higgins died at the Bishop's Palace at Ballarat on 16 September 1915, having been ill with bronchial and heart troubles for some months prior.