ended death_date consecration nationality birth_date alma_mater title diocese name ordination enthroned predecessor birth_place buried type successor religion province article_title
1896 15 august 1896 -lrb- aged 82 -rrb- 14 january 1872 -lrb- bishop -rrb- irish 10 november 1813 maynooth college bishop of clonfert clonfert patrick duggan 1841 -lrb- priest -rrb- 1872 john derry cummer , county galway , ireland glasnevin cemetery , dublin , ireland bishop john healy roman catholic church tuam patrick duggan

patrick duggan

patrick duggan -lrb- 1813 -- 1896 -rrb- was an irish roman catholic clergyman who served as the bishop of clonfert from 1872 until his death .
duggan was born in cummer , county galway in 1813 .
he matriculated in maynooth college in 1833 and he was ordained to the priesthood in 1841 and appointed curate to the parish of kilmoylan and cummer in county galway , and later parish priest .
he was appointed bishop of clonfert on 10 september and by papal brief on 2 october 1871 .
he was consecrated bishop on 14 january 1872 .
duggan supported the tenant right league and the home rule movement .
in the 1872 galway county by-election , duggan organized support for captain -lrb- later lieutenant-colonel -rrb- john philip nolan who was favourably disposed towards tenant rights .
nolan was elected but lost his seat on the grounds of undue clerical influence , and duggan was brought to trial with others before the court of common pleas , but the case collapsed and he was acquitted .
in 1884 he was requested by michael cusack and others to become patron of the planned gaelic athletic association .
duggan declined due to illness , and suggested thomas croke , archbishop of cashel and emly , in his place .
he is buried in glasnevin cemetery in dublin .
