William Lanigan
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Right Reverend William Lanigan (May 1820 – 13 June 1900), was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Goulburn, New South Wales.[1]
Lanigan was born in Tipperary, Ireland, the son of Thomas Lanigan and his wife Brigid Anastasia, née Dauton.[1] He was educated at Thurles and Maynooth Colleges. He was ordained priest at Maynooth on 8 April 1848,[1] and emigrated to Sydney in 1859. After seven years' missionary work in Goulburn and Berrima, he was consecrated Bishop of Goulburn on 9 June 1867.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Duffy, C. J. "Lanigan, William (1820–1900)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Lanigan, Right Rev. William" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
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