Pierse Power Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Most Reverend
Pierse Power
Bishop of Waterford and Lismore
Church:Roman Catholic
Diocese:Waterford and Lismore
Metropolis:Cashel and Emly
Enthroned:17 December 1887
Term End:22 May 1889
Predecessor:John Power
Successor:John Egan
Alma Mater:St John's College, Waterford
St Patrick's College, Maynooth
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Pierse Power (b Clonmel 1827; d Waterford 1889) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Waterford and Lismore from 1887 until his death.[1]

Life

Power was educated at St John's College, Waterford and St Patrick's College, Maynooth.[2] After a curacy at Clonmel, he was on the staff of St John's from 1858 until 1879. Power was parish priest at Dungarvan from 1879 until 1886 when he was ordained Coadjutor bishop of Waterford and Lismore with the right of succession. He became bishop on 17 December 1887[3] and served until his death on 22 May 1889.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop Piers Power † Deceased Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland . Catholic Hierarchy . Roman Catholic Church . 19 August 2024 .
  2. Book: Canning, Bernard. Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987. . Donegal Democrat. 302. 1988 . 1870963008.
  3. , A New History of Ireland, volume IX, pp. 368–370.