Bernard Coyne (bishop) explained

Bernard Coyne (1854 - 17 July 1926) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Elphin from 1913 to 1926,[1] being consecrated 30 March 1913.[2]

Coyne was born at Sandfield House, Roscommon, in 1854, and started his education at Summerhill College, then later studied for the priesthood at Maynooth College where he was a classmate of the future Cardinal O'Donnell.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcoyne.html Bishop Bernard Coyne
  2. Elphin, Bishop of . 72 .
  3. 'Irish Bishop Dead' The Bulletin, Official Organ of the Catholic Laymans Association of Georgia, 26 August 1926.

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