Daniel MacGettigan
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Daniel MacGettigan (born 1815 Mevagh, County Donegal; died 1887) [1] was Bishop of Raphoe from 1861 to 1870 and Archbishop of Armagh from 1870 to 1887.[2]
He was educated at Navan and St Patrick's College, Maynooth.[1] As a student he adhered to the Gallican doctrine.[3] He was ordained in 1839 and initially served as parish priest in Ballyshannon.[1]
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| Preceded by Michael Kieran |
Archbishop of Armagh Primate of All Ireland 1870 – 1887 |
Succeeded by Michael Cardinal Logue |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Dictionary of Ulster Biography
- ^ Breandán Mac Suibhne, ‘MacFadden, James (1842–1917)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 March 2008 James MacFadden (1842–1917): doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/52706
- ^ Paul Cardinal Cullen and the Shaping of Modern Irish, Desmond Bowen – ISBN 0889201366
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