| Archbishop Name: | John McEvilly |
| Dipstyle: | The Most Reverend |
| Offstyle: | Your Grace or Archbishop |
John McEvilly (1818–1902) was an Irish Roman Catholic Church clergyman who served as the Archbishop of Tuam from 1881 to 1902.
He was born on 15 April 1818 in Louisburgh, a small town near Westport, County Mayo, Ireland.[1] He entered the Seminary of Tuam in January 1833, then was sent to Maynooth College in September 1833, where among his contemporaries was the future Archbishop of Armagh Joseph Dixon.[1] In 1842, McEvilly was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Tuam.
On 9 January 1857, he was appointed the Bishop of Galway by the Holy See and was consecrated on 22 March 1857 by the Most Reverend John MacHale, Archbishop of Tuam.[2] While as Bishop of Galway, McEvilly was appointed the Apostolic Administrator of Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora in September 1866[3] and appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Tuam on 11 January 1878. On the death of Archbishop MacHale, he succeeded as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuam on 7 November 1881.[4]
He was instrumental in setting up St Joseph's Industrial School, Letterfrack, and he produced a number of well respected Bible commentaries.[5]
Archbishop McEvilly died in office on 26 November 1902, aged 84.[4]
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