Patrick Lyons (bishop of Kilmore)
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| Styles of Patrick Lyons | |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | My Lord |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Patrick Lyons (1875–1949) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the Bishop of Kilmore from 1937 to 1949.[1]
Born on 21 May 1875 to mother, Ellen Lyons, a teacher and father, John Lyons, who was Head Teacher in Collon School, Collon, County Louth.[2]
He was a brilliant student at Maynooth, was first in his class for six successive years and was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Armagh on 19 June 1898.[3] He undertook postgraduate study in the Dunboyne Institute and won an STL in 1900. Throughout his priestly ministry the Cause for the Canonisation of Oliver Plunkett was a cause close to his heart and it was thus appropriate that he was appointed Parish Priest of Drogheda in 1934.[citation needed] He also served as Vicar General to Cardinal Joseph MacRory.[citation needed]
Bishop of Kilmore
He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Kilmore by Pope Pius XI on 6 August 1937.[3][4][5] His episcopal consecration took place on 3 October 1937; the principal consecrator was Cardinal Joseph MacRory, Archbishop of Armagh, and the principal co-consecrators were Patrick MacKenna Bishop of Clogher and Edward Mulhern, Bishop of Dromore.[3][4][5]
