John Coffey (bishop) explained

John Coffey, DD (b and d County Kerry 10 January 1836; 14 April 1904) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop in the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries.^[1]

Coffey was educated at St Patrick's College, Maynooth and ordained in 1865.^[2] He was Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe from 1889 until his death.^[3] He is buried at St Mary's Cathedral, Killarney.^[4]

Notes and References

1. The Post-Reformation Bishops of Kerry Kerry Archaeological Magazine Vol. 4, No. 20 (Apr., 1918), pp. 265-272
2. https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bobrienmi.html Catholic Hierarchy
3. Book: Fryde, E. B. . Greenway, D. E. . Porter, S. . Roy, I. . Handbook of British Chronology . Third . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 0-521-56350-X . 332–334 .
4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186642535/john-coffey Find a grave