William Lanigan

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William Lanigan (born May 1820 in Lisdaleen , County Tipperary , Ireland , † June 13, 1900 in Goulburn , New South Wales ) was a Roman Catholic bishop .

Life

William Lanigan was born in Lisdaleen, County Tipperary in May 1820 to Thomas Lanigan and his wife Brigid Anastasia (nee Dauton). He attended St Patrick's College in Thurles and the college of the same name in Maynooth . In Maynooth he was ordained a priest on April 8, 1848 . After that he was mainly active in Kilcummin and Bansha . In 1859, at the invitation of Archdeacon John McEncroe , Lanigan made his way to Sydney , where he finally arrived in December and immediately started working with Father Michael McAlroy in Goulburn. In 1861 he was active in Berrima.

On April 19, 1867, Lanigan was named the new Bishop of Goulburn . The bishopric had been vacant since the death of Bishop Patrick Bonaventure Geoghegan in 1864. On June 2, 1867 he donated the bishop of Brisbane , James Quinn , in the Goulburn Cathedral , the episcopal ordination , co-consecrators were the Bishop of Bathurst , Matthew Quinn , and the Bishop of Maitland , James Murray .

Lanigan died of old age in Goulburn on June 13, 1900 at the age of 80 and was buried in Saints Peter's and Paul's Cathedral .

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predecessor Office successor
Patrick Bonaventure Geoghegan Bishop of Goulburn
1867–1900
John Gallagher