Eugene O'Callaghan (7 January 1888 – 21 May 1973) was a Roman Catholic bishop.

Early life and education

O'Callaghan was born in Errigal and educated at St Macartan's College, Monaghan and St Patrick's College, Maynooth. He was ordained priest on 21 June 1913 for service in the Archdiocese of Armagh. His first appointment was

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in the city of

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and eventually he became Administrator of the Cathedral Parish of Armagh. While in that role he was responsible for building the additional church of St. Malachy. He was named parish priest of St. Peter's parish in

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in 1938.

Bishop of Clogher

He was appointed the

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Bishop of Clogher in Ireland on 30 January 1943, following the death of Dr. Patrick McKenna, on 7 February 1942 and received episcopal consecration on 4 April 1943. His Episcopal Motto was ''Ad Jesum per Mariam'' (''To Jesus through Mary.'') In 1957 he denounced the IRA border campaign arguing that physical force would only aggravate the division not bring a solution. As was common with many Catholic bishops in Ireland at the time, one of his main pastoral priorities was education and specifically the provision of new schools to meet rising social demands. As bishop of a cross-border diocese, O'Callaghan had to operate within two jurisdictions but one academic and reviewer considers this Bishop O'Callaghan‘s "biggest achievement". O'Callaghan was responsible for the creation of

St Michael's College, Enniskillen St Michael's College (Irish: ''Coláiste Mhíchíl'') is a Roman Catholic boys' grammar school located in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. Named for St Michael the Archangel, the school educates boys in County Fermanagh and the surrounding area ...

as a diocesan college, taking over the school from the Presentation Brothers and establishing it on a new site just outside the Fermanagh town. He attended the opening session of the

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in October 1962. He resigned this appointment on 26 January 1971 in accordance with newly adopted protocols for the style of retired bishops in the post-Vatican II era and died as Bishop Emeritus of Clogher on 21 May 1973. O'Callaghan was succeeded by Patrick Mulligan. He is buried in the grounds of his Cathedral alongside his predecessor.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ocallaghan, Eugene 1888 births 1973 deaths Participants in the Second Vatican Council Roman Catholic bishops of Clogher Christian clergy from County Armagh 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland Place of death missing Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth People educated at St Macartan's College, Monaghan People from Camlough

Early life and education

Bishop of Clogher

See also

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