John Derry (19 June 1811 – 2 July 1870) was an Irish prelate who served as

Bishop of Clonfert The Bishop of Clonfert () is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Clonfert in County Galway, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains as a separate title; but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with oth ...

. He was born in the Hermitage, Moore, Co. Roscommon, close to Ballinasloe, Co. Galway. Educated privately at an academy run by John O’Farrell, he went to

Maynooth College St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth (), is a pontifical Catholic university in the town of Maynooth near Dublin, Ireland. The college and national seminary on its grounds are often referred to as Maynooth College. The college was of ...

to study for the priesthood.Bishop John Derry
Ballinsaloe.ie Derry was ordained priest in 1834. Derry was consecrated

on 21 September 1847, a post he held until his death. He served as a Council father at the

First Vatican Council The First Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the First Vatican Council or Vatican I, was the 20th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church, held three centuries after the preceding Council of Trent which was adjourned in 156 ...

,Catholic Hierarchy
/ref> and returning to Ireland he received medical treatment for a heart condition in Dublin, however he died at his sister's residence in Brideswell on 2 July 1870.

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Roman Catholic bishops of Clonfert Christian clergy from County Roscommon Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland 1811 births 1870 deaths {{Ireland-RC-bishop-stub