William Lanigan

Right Reverend William Lanigan (May 1820 – 13 June 1900), was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Goulburn, New South Wales.^[1]

Lanigan was born in Tipperary, Ireland, the son of Thomas Lanigan and his wife Brigid Anastasia, née Dauton.^[1] He was educated at Thurles and Maynooth Colleges. He was ordained priest at Maynooth on 8 April 1848,^[1] and emigrated to Sydney in 1859. After seven years' missionary work in Goulburn and Berrima, he was consecrated Bishop of Goulburn on 9 June 1867.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Duffy, C. J. "Lanigan, William (1820–1900)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
↑ Mennell, Philip (1892). " Lanigan, Right Rev. William". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource

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Preceded by Patrick Geoghegan	Bishop of Goulburn 1867–1900	Succeeded by John Gallagher

Roman Catholic Archbishops of Canberra – Goulburn, Australia

Bishops of Goulburn	Patrick Geoghegan William Lanigan John Gallagher John Barry Terence McGuire

Archbishops of Canberra – Goulburn	Terence McGuire Eris O'Brien Thomas Cahill Edward Bede Clancy Francis Carroll Mark Coleridge Christopher Prowse

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