Honorific Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
John Egan | |
Bishop of Waterford and Lismore | |
Church: | Roman Catholic |
Diocese: | Waterford and Lismore |
Metropolis: | Cashel and Emly |
Enthroned: | 19 January 1890 |
Term End: | 10 June 1891 |
Predecessor: | Piers Power |
Successor: | Richard Alphonsus Sheehan |
Birth Date: | 19 January 1839 |
Birth Place: | Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland |
Death Place: | Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland |
Alma Mater: | St Flannan's College, Ennis St Patrick's College, Maynooth |
John Egan (b Roscrea 19 January 1839; d Waterford 10 June 1891) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Waterford and Lismore from 1889 until his death.[1]
Egan was educated at St Flannan's College, Ennis and St Patrick's College, Maynooth.[2] After a curacy at Tulla, he was on the staff of St Flannan's from 1866 until 1889. Egan was ordained Bishop of Waterford and Lismore on 19 January 1890, and served until his death.[3]