Edward Kernan (born 1771 in

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, County Fermanagh, Ireland) was an Irish priest in the Diocese of Clogher ordained in 1795. He was educated at

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, and studied for the priesthood in the Irish College in Salamanca, Spain after his ordination as was the custom of the time. He returned to Ireland in 1798 and was appointed pastor of his native town and was a popular priest and effective pastor.

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Kernan was appointed the

Coadjutor Bishop A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) ("co-assister" in Latin) is a bishop in the Latin Catholic, Anglican and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in administering the diocese. The coa ...

of the Diocese of Clogher on 18 August 1816 and was ordained on 12 April 1818. He became bishop of the diocese on 19 November 1824, following the death of his predecessor, Dr James Murphy. Under his episcopal leadership St Macartan's College was founded and in his will Bishop Kernan left five hundred pound to allow the College to develop.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000435/18440229/041/0004 He died in office on 20 February 1844 having served as bishop of his diocese for almost twenty years. Dr Kernan was succeeded by Bishop Charles McNally, who had been appointed his Coadjutor Bishop in September 1843. He was buried in the family plot in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kernan, Edward Roman Catholic bishops of Clogher 1771 births 1844 deaths People from Enniskillen 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland University of Salamanca alumni Christian clergy from County Fermanagh

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