William Fitzgerald (bishop) explained

William Fitzgerald (b Imogeela 19 December 1832; d Cobh 24 November 1996) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop.^[1]

Fitzgerald was educated at Le Collège des Irlandais, Paris.^[2] He was ordained priest on 19 September 1857 and joined the staff of St Colman's College, Fermoy. He was Bishop of Ross from 1877^[3] until his death.^[4]

Bibliography

• Book: Fryde . E. B. . Greenway . D. E. . Porter . S. . Roy . I. . Handbook of British Chronology . 3rd, reprinted 2003 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 0-521-56350-X .
• Book: Moody . T. W. . Martin . F. X. . Byrne . F. J. . Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II . 1984 . Oxford University Press . New History of Ireland . 9 . Oxford . 0-19-821745-5 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bishop William Fitzgerald † Deceased Bishop of Ross, Ireland . Catholic Hierarchy . Roman Catholic Church . 30 July 2024 . Bishop William Fitzgerald (born 19 Dec 1832, died 24 Nov 1896) Bishop of Ross.
2. Book: Canning, Bernard. Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987. . Donegal Democrat. 296–298. 1988 . 1870963008.
3. , Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 442–443.
4. , A New History of Ireland, volume IX, pp. 367–368.