Jeremiah Kinane

Jeremiah Kinane (1884–1959) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Cashel & Emly until when he became the Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel & Emly.[1]

Styles of
Jeremiah Kinane
DD, DCL
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Grace
Religious styleArchbishop

Kinane was born in Gortnahulla, Upperchurch, County Tipperary on 15 November 1884. He was ordained to the priesthood in Rome on 24 April 1910. From 1911 to 1933 he was Professor of Canon Law at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth. He was appointed the Bishop of Waterford and Lismore on 21 April 1933 and received episcopal ordination on 29 June 1933. He was then appointed titular archbishop of Decros and coadjutor of Cashel & Emly on 31 January 1942. On the death of Archbishop John Harty, Dr. Kinane succeeded as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel & Emly on 11 September 1946.

A noted anti-Communist, he opposed various left wing and republican organisations during his time[2] and was involved in controversy in the dismissal of teachers who were Communist in schools run by him.

He served as secretary to the bishops conference in Maynooth. He died in office on 18 February 1959, aged 74.[3]

References
  1. "Archbishop Jeremiah Kinane". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  2. Portrait of an Irish Anti-Fascist Spanish Civil War website
  3. Dr. Jeremiah Kinane, Bishop Of Waterford & Lismore Waterford Museum.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Bernard Hackett C.Ss.R.		 Bishop of Waterford and Lismore
1933–1942		 Succeeded by
Daniel Cohalan
Preceded by
John Harty		 Archbishop of Cashel and Emly
1946–1959		 Succeeded by
Thomas Morris
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