{{short description|Irish priest and bishop, President of Maynooth College 1813-1832}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}} {{Use Irish English|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | name = Bartholomew Crotty | title = Bishop of Cloyne and Ross | church = [[Catholic Church]] | diocese = [[Diocese of Cloyne (Catholic)|Diocese of Cloyne and Ross]] | term = 22 March 1833 – 3 October 1846 | predecessor = [[Michael Collins (bishop)|Michael Collins]] | successor = David Walsh | ordination = 1792 | consecration = 11 June 1833 | consecrated_by = [[Daniel Murray (bishop)|Daniel Murray]]<ref name=CatHie>{{cite web|url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcrotty.html|title=Bishop Bartholomew Crotty|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|access-date=2026-04-30}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth year|1769}} | birth_place = [[Clonakilty]], [[County Cork]], [[Kingdom of Ireland]], [[British Empire]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1846|10|3|1769|df=y}} }}
'''Bartholomew Crotty''' (1769–1846) was an Irish Catholic priest and [[Bishop of Cloyne]], who served as Rector of the [[Irish College at Lisbon]] from 1799 to 1811 and later President of [[Maynooth College]] from 1813 until 1832.<ref>''The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume IV:The Irish Book in English'' edited by James H. Murphy. Oxford University Press, 2011.</ref>
==Life== Crotty was born in 1769 in [[Clonakilty]], [[County Cork]], and was one of the first students of attend the re-established Irish College in [[Lisbon]], Portugal. He then served on the staff of the college for almost 20 years. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1792. In 1799, he succeeded Dr. Michael Brady as rector of the College.<ref name=Boyle>[https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08158a.htm Boyle, Patrick. "Irish Colleges, on the Continent." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 15 March 2020{{PD-notice}}</ref> In 1811 he returned to Ireland to Cloyne, and two years later was appointed President of [[St Patrick's College, Maynooth]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Yxg2AQAAMAAJ&dq=Bishop+Bartholomew+Crotty&pg=PA130 ''Dublin Almanac and General Register of Ireland'', Pettigrew & Oulton, 1835, p. 130]{{PD-notice}}</ref>
In 1833 he was appointed to succeed [[Michael Collins (bishop)|Michael Collins]] as Bishop of Cloyne and Ross.<ref>[https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04072a.htm O'Riordan, John. "Diocese of Cloyne." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 16 March 2020{{PD-notice}}</ref> In 1837, Crotty persuaded [[Catherine McAuley]] to establish a house of the [[Sisters of Mercy]] in the diocese. Four years later, the seventy-two year old Bishop traveled forty miles to meet with the foundation in [[Charleville, County Cork|Charleville]]. When McAuley expressed regret that he had taken so much trouble, Crotty responded that as they did not decline travelling from Dublin to his charge, he could not avoid coming to meet them.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=k-xdHnOboAwC&dq=Bishop+Bartholomew+Crotty&pg=PA351 ''The Correspondence of Catherine McAuley, 1818-1841'',(Kevin L. Hughes, ed.), CUA Press, 2004, p. 351]{{ISBN| 9780813213958}}</ref>
Crotty served until his death on 3 October 1846. He bequeathed his Library to St. Patrick's College, Maynooth on his death. He is buried at the Presentation Convent, Midleton, County Cork.<ref name=cork>[https://corkandross.org/priests/most-rev-bartholomew-crotty/ "Most Rev.Bartholomew Crotty", Diocese of Cork and Ross]</ref>
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