Patrick Moran (bishop)

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Patrick Moran (24 May 1823 – 22 May 1895) was Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Province of Cape Colony in South Africa (1856–1869) and the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand (1869–1895).

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Death

Moran died in Dunedin on 22 May 1895.

References

Sources

  • Michael King, God's Farthest Outpost: A History of Catholics in New Zealand, Penguin Books, Auckland, 1997
  • E.R. Simmons, A Brief History of the Catholic Church in New Zealand, Catholic Publication Centre, Auckland, 1978.
  • E.R. Simmons, In Cruce Salus, A History of the Diocese of Auckland 1848 – 1980, Catholic Publication Centre, Auckland 1982.
  • Catholic Hierarchy website Bishop Patrick Moran (retrieved 28 January 2011).

References

  1. [http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/biographies/2m55/moran-patrick Hugh Laracy, ''Moran, Patrick'', from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 30-Oct-2012] (Retrieved 16 November 2015)

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