Thomas Alphonsus O'Callaghan

Roman-catholic bishop

Thomas Alphonsus O’Callaghan (9 May 1839 – 14 June 1916) was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop who was born and died in Cork.^[1]

O'Callaghan was educated at Minerva College, Rome and ordained a Dominican priest in 1863. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity (DD). He became Prior of St Clement's, Rome in 1881.^[2] William Delany, Bishop of Cork preferred successor was the Dean of Cork, Henry Neville but he was viewed unfavourably by Thomas Croke, the Archbishop of Cashel and O'Callaghan was selected.^[3] He was consecrated coadjutor bishop of Cork in 1884 before succeeding in 1886. He died in post in 1916.^[4]

References

^ Bishop Thomas (Alphonse) O’Callaghan, O.P. - Catholic Hierarchy.
^ "O'Callaghan, Thomas Alphonsus". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 February 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Echo Live- the fascinating history of Cork’s bishops
^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 344. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by William Delany	Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork 1886–1916	Succeeded by Daniel Cohalan

Post-Reformation Roman Catholic bishops of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

1540–1693

Cork and Cloyne	Lewis Macnamara John O'Heyne Dominic Tirrey Roger Skiddy Nicholas Landes Edmund Tanner Dermot McCraghe James Miagh Robert Miagh William Tirry Robert Barry Peter Creagh
Ross	Maurice O'Hea Thomas O'Herlahy Bonaventura Naughton Eugene Egan Florence MacCarthy Robert Barry Boetius MacEgan Eugene Egan

1693–1747

Cork and Cloyne^†	John Sleyne Donagh MacCarthy Thaddeus McCarthy

1747–1850

Cork	Richard Walsh John Butler Francis Moylan John Murphy William Delany
Cloyne and Ross	John O'Brien Matthew McKenna William Coppinger Michael Collins Bartholomew Crotty David Walsh Timothy Murphy

1850–1958

Cork	William Delany Thomas Alphonsus O'Callaghan Daniel Cohalan Cornelius Lucey
Cloyne	Timothy Murphy William Keane John McCarthy Robert Browne James Roche John Ahern
Ross	William Keane Micheal O'Hea William Fitzgerald Denis Kelly James Roche Patrick Casey Denis Moynihan Cornelius Lucey