# Bartholomew Crotty > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bartholomew_Crotty > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bartholomew_Crotty.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomew_Crotty > Source revision: 1356954144 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Irish priest and bishop, President of Maynooth College 1813-1832 Bartholomew Crotty Bishop of Cloyne and Ross Church Catholic Church Diocese Diocese of Cloyne and Ross In office 22 March 1833 – 3 October 1846 Predecessor Michael Collins Successor David Walsh Orders Ordination 1792 Consecration 11 June 1833 by Daniel Murray[1] Personal details Born 1769 (1769) Clonakilty, County Cork, Kingdom of Ireland, British Empire Died 3 October 1846(1846-10-03) (aged 76–77) **Bartholomew Crotty** (1769–1846) was an Irish Catholic priest and [Bishop of Cloyne](/source/Bishop_of_Cloyne), who served as Rector of the [Irish College at Lisbon](/source/Irish_College_at_Lisbon) from 1799 to 1811 and later President of [Maynooth College](/source/Maynooth_College) from 1813 until 1832.[2] ## Life Crotty was born in 1769 in [Clonakilty](/source/Clonakilty), [County Cork](/source/County_Cork), and was one of the first students of attend the re-established Irish College in [Lisbon](/source/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.[3] In 1811 he returned to Ireland to Cloyne, and two years later was appointed President of [St Patrick's College, Maynooth](/source/St_Patrick's_College%2C_Maynooth).[4] In 1833 he was appointed to succeed [Michael Collins](/source/Michael_Collins_(bishop)) as Bishop of Cloyne and Ross.[5] In 1837, Crotty persuaded [Catherine McAuley](/source/Catherine_McAuley) to establish a house of the [Sisters of Mercy](/source/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](/source/Charleville%2C_County_Cork). 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.[6] 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.[7] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-CatHie_1-0)** ["Bishop Bartholomew Crotty"](https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcrotty.html). *Catholic-Hierarchy.org*. Retrieved 30 April 2026. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** *The Oxford History of the Irish Book, Volume IV:The Irish Book in English* edited by James H. Murphy. Oxford University Press, 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Boyle_3-0)** [Boyle, Patrick. "Irish Colleges, on the Continent." The Catholic Encyclopedia](https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08158a.htm) Vol. 8. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 15 March 2020 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [*Dublin Almanac and General Register of Ireland*, Pettigrew & Oulton, 1835, p. 130](https://books.google.com/books?id=Yxg2AQAAMAAJ&dq=Bishop+Bartholomew+Crotty&pg=PA130) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [O'Riordan, John. "Diocese of Cloyne." The Catholic Encyclopedia](https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04072a.htm) Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 16 March 2020 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [*The Correspondence of Catherine McAuley, 1818-1841*,(Kevin L. Hughes, ed.), CUA Press, 2004, p. 351](https://books.google.com/books?id=k-xdHnOboAwC&dq=Bishop+Bartholomew+Crotty&pg=PA351)[ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780813213958](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780813213958) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-cork_7-0)** ["Most Rev.Bartholomew Crotty", Diocese of Cork and Ross](https://corkandross.org/priests/most-rev-bartholomew-crotty/) Catholic Church titles Preceded by Michael Collins Bishop of Cloyne & Ross 1833 - 1846 Succeeded by David Walsh v t e Roman Catholic bishops of Cork or Cloyne or of Ross 1540–1693 Cork and Cloyne Lewis Macnamara John O'Heyne Dominic Tirrey Roger Skiddy Nicholas Landes Edmund Tanner Dermot McCraghe James Miagh Robert Miagh William Tirry Robert Barry Peter Creagh Ross Maurice O'Hea Thomas O'Herlahy Bonaventura Naughton Eugene Egan Florence MacCarthy Robert Barry Boetius MacEgan Eugene Egan 1693–1747 Cork and Cloyne† John Sleyne Donagh MacCarthy Thaddeus McCarthy 1747–1850 Cork Richard Walsh John Butler Francis Moylan John Murphy William Delany Cloyne and Ross John O'Brien Matthew McKenna William Coppinger Michael Collins Bartholomew Crotty David Walsh Timothy Murphy 1850–1958 Cork William Delany Thomas Alphonsus O'Callaghan Daniel Cohalan Cornelius Lucey Cloyne Timothy Murphy William Keane John McCarthy Robert Browne James Roche John Ahern Ross William Keane Micheal O'Hea William Fitzgerald Denis Kelly James Roche Patrick Casey Denis Moynihan Cornelius Lucey 1958–present Cloyne John Ahern John Magee William Crean Cork and Ross Cornelius Lucey Michael Murphy John Buckley Fintan Gavin †During this period the bishops were also apostolic administrators of Ross Authority control databases International VIAF People Ireland --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bartholomew Crotty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomew_Crotty) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomew_Crotty?action=history)). 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