Michael Collins (1771 – 1832) was Roman Catholic

Bishop of Cloyne The Bishop of Cloyne is an episcopal title that takes its name after the small town of Cloyne in County Cork, Republic of Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church, it is a separate title; but, in the Church of Ireland, it has been united with oth ...

and Ross. He was born in Rossmore, Co. Cork. He was educated for the priesthood at Maynooth College joining the Physics class in 1798, however he was expelled for his support and publicly encouraging insubordination, of the Robert Emmet Rising and completed his clerical studies at

St. Patrick's College, Carlow St Patrick's, Carlow College, is a liberal arts college located in Carlow, Ireland. The college is the second oldest third level institution in Ireland and was founded in 1782 by James Keefe, then Roman Catholic Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, and ...

. He became Professor of Belles Lettres in Carlow. He served as a priest of Castletownroche, and then in Skibbereen, where he lived until his death. In 1827 he became co-adjutor bishop of cloyne and ross and in 1830 Bishop of Cloyne and Ross. Bishop Michael Collins - Bishop of Ross & Cloyne
Catholic Hierarchy Website. He died in 1832 and in the Cathedral of St. Patrick, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, there is a marble monument of Dr Collins.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Dr. Michael 1771 births 1832 deaths Alumni of Carlow College Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth People from County Cork