Patrick Phelan | |
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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 Ballyragget (Republic of Ireland) |
Died | June 6, 1857 Kingston, Upper Canada |
(aged 62)
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.