Hugh Conway (bishop)
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Hugh Conway (2 February 1819 – 23 April 1893) was an Irish prelate who served as
Bishop of Killala The Bishop of Killala () is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Killala in County Mayo, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bis ...
. He was born in
Ballycroy, County Mayo Ballycroy ( meaning "town of the stacks", either hay or turf) is a village in the civil parish of Kilcommon in County Mayo, Ireland. It was the location for the 1982 television film '' The Ballroom of Romance''. The ballroom used in the film s ...
. Conwy was ordained priest on 22 September 1842. Conway was appointed titular bishop of Achantus on 21 November 1871; and diocesan bishop of Killala on 9 June 1873.Catholic Hierarchy
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Roman Catholic bishops of Killala 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland 1819 births 1893 deaths Religious leaders from County Mayo {{Ireland-RC-bishop-stub