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Patrick Durcan (bishop)

Patrick Durcan (bishop)

Roman Catholic bishop

Patrick Durcan (5 February 1790 – 1 May 1875)[1] was an Irish[2] Roman Catholic clergyman[3] who served as Bishop of Achonry[4] from 1852[5] until his death.[6] The son of John and Mary Durcan (née Rowan),[1] he helped to translate the Vulgate into the English language, published in 1857.[7]

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He was educated at St Patrick's College, Maynooth.[8] In 1832 he became parish priest at Collooney. He is buried at the Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Nathy, Ballaghaderreen.[9]

References

  1. [1]
    Brady, William Maziere (1876). The episcopal succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. pp. 193–194.
  2. [2]
    Durcan Family
  3. [3]
    Oxford Scolarly Editions
  4. [4]
    Diocesan web-site
  5. [5]
    'Bishops' Brendan Hoban "The Furrow" Vol. 63, No. 9 (September 2012), pp. 413-416 (4 pages)
  6. [6]
    Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 413. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  7. [7]
    The Holy Bible Translated from the Latin Vulgate, Etc. 1857. p. 3.
  8. [8]
    'A Dominant Church: The Diocese of Achonry, 1818-1960' Swords, L Dublin;Columba Press; 2005 ISBN 1856073955
  9. [9]
    "Dean Patrick Durcan 1790-1875 parish priest and church builder". homepage.eircom.net/~jas. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
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