Bernard Coyne (1854–17 July 1926) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Elphin from 1913 to 1926,[1] being consecrated 30 March 1913.[2]
Coyne was born at Sandfield House, Roscommon, in 1854, and started his education at Summerhill College,[2] then later studied for the priesthood at Maynooth College where he was a classmate of the future Cardinal O'Donnell.[3]
References
edit- ^ Bishop Bernard Coyne. Catholic Hierarchy website. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
- ^ a b Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. – via Wikisource. . . Dublin:
- ^ 'Irish Bishop Dead' The Bulletin, Official Organ of the Catholic Laymans Association of Georgia, 26 August 1926.