Patrick Phelan (bishop)

Patrick Phelan
Bishop of Kingston
Diocese Kingston
Enthroned May 8, 1857
Reign ended June 7, 1857
Predecessor Rémi Gaulin
Successor Edward John Horan
Other posts Auxiliary Bishop of Kingston (1843-1852)
Coadjutor Bishop of Kingston (1852-1857)
Personal details
Born February 14, 1795(1795-02-14)
Ballyragget (Republic of Ireland)
Died June 6, 1857(1857-06-06) (aged 62)
Kingston, Upper Canada

Patrick Phelan, (February 1795 – June 6, 1857) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, Sulpician, and Bishop of Kingston briefly in 1857.

Phelan left his home country of Ireland in 1821 and, after a brief period in Boston, was sent to Montreal where he studied for the priesthood.

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