Denis Moynihan

{{short description|Roman-catholic bishop}} '''Denis Moynihan''' (b [[Rathmore, County Kerry]] 16 June 1885; d [[Tralee]] 5 December 1975)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://falvey.id.au/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I12743&tree=falvey | title = Bishop Emeritus Of Kerry Denis MOYNIHAN | last = | first = | date = | website = Genealogy of Falvey - Mulcahy family | publisher = Falvey - Mulcahy web site | access-date = 2 August 2024 | quote = MOYNIHAN - Most Rev. Denis, retired Bishop of Kerry, at The Bon Secours Hospital, Tralee, Dec. 5, 1975 }}</ref> was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmoynd.html | title = Bishop Denis J. Moynihan † Deceased Bishop Emeritus of Kerry, Ireland | last = | first = | date = | website = Catholic Hierarchy | publisher = Roman Catholic Church | access-date = 31 July 2024 | quote = }}</ref>

Moynihan was educated at [[St Brendan's College, Killarney]].<ref name=Canning>{{cite book | last=Canning | first= Bernard| author-link= | title= Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987| location= [[Ballyshannon]] | publisher= [[Donegal Democrat]]| pages=270| year=1988 | isbn= 1870963008}}</ref> He trained for the priesthood at the [[Irish College in Paris]].<ref name=Canning /> Moynihan served curacies at St Hugh of Lincoln, [[Wavertree]];<ref> {{cite web | url = https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/wavertree-st-hugh-of-lincoln/ | title = Wavertree – St Hugh of Lincoln, Earle Road, Wavertree, Liverpool 7 | last = | first = | date = | website = Taking Stock | publisher = Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales | access-date = 31 July 2024 | quote = Originally established as a chapel-of-ease from St Clare in 1898, the church of St Hugh of Lincoln was opened in 1904. It was built at the expense of Sir William Nelson, a shipowner who lived in Croxteth Drive, and was named in memory of his brother Hugh.}}</ref> St James, [[Bootle]];<ref> {{cite web | url = https://www.stjamesbootle.co.uk/history | title = St James Roman Catholic Church Bootle- History | last = | first = | date = | website = St James RC Church Liverpool | publisher = Archdiocese of Liverpool | access-date = 31 July 2024 | quote = }} </ref> St Cronan, [[Caherdaniel]]; <ref> {{cite web | url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/21310604/saint-crohans-catholic-church-ballycarnahan-caherdaniel-kerry | title = Saint Crohan's Catholic Church, Caherdaniel | last = | first = | date = | website = Buildings of Ireland | publisher = NBHS | access-date = 31 July 2024 | quote = Freestanding cruciform-plan double-height Roman Catholic church, built c. 1825, with five-bay nave. }} </ref> and St John, [[Tralee]].<ref> {{cite web | url = https://stjohns.ie/history/ | title = Saint John's's Catholic Church, Tralee | last = | first = | date = | website = St John, Tralee | publisher = Diocese of Kerry | access-date = 31 July 2024 | quote = A vibrant welcoming community }} </ref> He joined the staff of [[St Mary's Cathedral, Killarney]] in 1922; and became its administrator in 1928. He was [[Bishop of Ross (Ireland)|Bishop of Ross]] from 1941<ref>{{cite news | last1 = | first1 = | author-link1 = | last2 = | first2 = | author-link2 = | last3 = | first3 = | author-link3 = | last4 = | first4 = | author-link4 = | last5 = | first5 = | author-link5 = | display-authors = | author-mask = | name-list-style = | date = 27 September 1941 | orig-date = | title = Diocese of Ross welcomes new bishop | script-title = | trans-title = | url = https://durrushistory.com/2022/08/15/1941-enthronement-in-skibbereen-of-most-rev-denis-dr-moynihan-1995-1975-as-bishop-of-ross/ | url-status = | format = | editor1-last = | editor1-first = | editor1-link = | editor2-last = | editor2-first = | editor2-link = | editor3-last = | editor3-first = | editor3-link = | editor4-last = | editor4-first = | editor4-link = | editor5-last = | editor5-first = | editor5-link = | display-editors = | department = | work = The Southern Star | type = | series = | language = | volume = | issue = | edition = | location = | publisher = | publication-date = | agency = | page = 1 | pages = | at = | no-pp = | arxiv = | asin = | bibcode = | doi = | isbn = | issn = | jfm = | jstor = | lccn = | mr = | oclc = | ol = | osti = | pmc = | pmid = | rfc = | ssrn = | zbl = | id = | archive-url = | archive-date = | access-date = 2 August 2024 | via = | quote = Enthronement of Most Rev. Dr. Moynihan Skibereen Ceremony Six members of hierarchy in attendance }}</ref> until 1952 <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.dioceseofkerry.ie/our-diocese/genealogy/history/ | title = History- Diocese of Kerry | last = | first = | date = | website = Diocese of Kerry | publisher = RC Church | access-date = 2 August 2024 | quote = }}</ref> when he was [[Translation (ecclesiastical)|transferred]] to [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Kerry|Kerry]].{{efn|The name of the RC Diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe was changed to the Diocese of Kerry on 20 December 1952.|sfn}} He retired on 17 July 1969.<ref>{{Catholic-hierarchy|diocese|dkerr|Diocese of Kerry |31 July 2024}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{cite web |url= https://irishmanuscripts.ie/womenshistorysources/index.php?whp_function=2&whp_field=collection&whp_searchterm=Bishop%20Denis%20Moynihan,%201953%20-%201969|title= Collection: Bishop Denis Moynihan, 1953 - 1969|last= |first= |date= |website= Sources for Irish Women's History|publisher= Irish Manuscripts|access-date= 2 August 2024 |quote= }} * {{cite web | url = http://homepage.eircom.net/~abbeydorney/book/stbernardschurch.html | title = St Bernard's Church | last = | first = | date = | website = St Bernard's Parish- Community of Abbeydorney | publisher = Eircom | access-date = 2 August 2024 | quote = The new £80,000 parish church of Saint Bernard was officially opened and consecrated on Tuesday 25th June 1968 by the Bishop of Kerry Most Rev. Dr, Denis Moynihan. }} *{{cite news | last1 = | first1 = | author-link1 = | last2 = | first2 = | author-link2 = | last3 = | first3 = | author-link3 = | last4 = | first4 = | author-link4 = | last5 = | first5 = | author-link5 = | display-authors = | author-mask = | name-list-style = | date = 4 March 1965 | orig-date = | title = Irish bishops voice concern over emigration | script-title = | trans-title = | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tidings-irish-bishops-voice-concern/151614610/ | url-status = | format = | editor1-last = | editor1-first = | editor1-link = | editor2-last = | editor2-first = | editor2-link = | editor3-last = | editor3-first = | editor3-link = | editor4-last = | editor4-first = | editor4-link = | editor5-last = | editor5-first = | editor5-link = | display-editors = | department = | work = The Tidings | type = | series = | language = | volume = | issue = | edition = | location = | publisher = | publication-date = | agency = | page = 1 | pages = | at = | no-pp = | arxiv = | asin = | bibcode = | doi = | isbn = | issn = | jfm = | jstor = | lccn = | mr = | oclc = | ol = | osti = | pmc = | pmid = | rfc = | ssrn = | zbl = | id = | archive-url = | archive-date = | access-date = 2 August 2024 | via = | quote = Bishop Denis Moynihan of Kerry said that the continuing emigration of young people is one of the saddest features of life in Ireland today }} *{{cite web | url = https://jaynemansfield.home.blog/ireland/ | title = 23rd April 1967 Cancelled appearance Mount Brandon Hotel, Tralee, County Kerry | last = | first = | date = 12 March 2019 | website = Jayne Mansfield's 1967 tour of England | publisher = Jayne Mansfield fan | access-date = 2 August 2024 | quote = The Bishop of Kerry, the Most Rev. Dr Dennis Moynihan, had advised that no Catholics should attend. }} {{Subject bar |portal1= Biography |portal2= Catholicism |portal3= Ireland}}

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