Jeremiah Joseph Doyle (5 December 1849 – 1909), was an Irish born Catholic bishop, the bishop of Grafton, later re-named the diocese of Lismore in New South Wales, Australia.[1] One of his achievements was lobbying for, and acquiring funds for, the building of St Carthage's Cathedral at Lismore, which was constructed over the period 1892–1907, with the bell tower completed a few years later, after his death.
Doyle was born at Kilmurry, County Cork, Ireland. He was the son of Daniel Doyle and his wife Ellen (née Murphy). He was educated in classics at Mount Melleray College, Waterford, and in 1868 he entered All Hallows College, Dublin.[1] [2]
Doyle was ordained a priest on 24 June 1874 for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
Doyle was consecrated first Bishop of Grafton (now Lismore) by Cardinal Patrick Francis Moran in St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, on 28 August 1887.[1][3]
Doyle remain bishop until he died of cerebral haemorrhage in his house at Lismore, New South Wales, on 4 June 1909.[4]
The diocese of Grafton was renamed to Lismore, and John Carroll became bishop of Lismore on 2 December 1909.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Haines, Gregory. "Doyle, Jeremiah Joseph (1849–1909)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ Bishop Doyle St Carthage's Cathedral Parish, Website.
- ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ Bishop Jeremiah Joseph Doyle[permanent dead link] Lismore Diocese Website.