# Eugene O'Callaghan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eugene_O'Callaghan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eugene_O'Callaghan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_O'Callaghan > Source revision: 1324944424 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Irish bishop (1888-1973) This article is about the Irish priest. For the Welsh international footballer, see [Taffy O'Callaghan](/source/Taffy_O'Callaghan). The Most Reverend Eugene O'Callaghan Bishop of Clogher Church Roman Catholic Church See Clogher In office 4 April 1943 – 28 November 1969 Predecessor Patrick McKenna Successor Patrick Mulligan Personal details Born 7 January 1888 Camlough, County Armagh, Ireland, Died 21 May 1973(1973-05-21) (aged 85) **Eugene O'Callaghan** (7 January 1888 – 21 May 1973) was a Roman Catholic bishop. ## Early life and education O'Callaghan was born in [Errigal](/source/Errigal) and educated at [St Macartan's College, Monaghan](/source/St_Macartan's_College) and [St Patrick's College, Maynooth](/source/St_Patrick's_College%2C_Maynooth).[1] He was ordained priest on 21 June 1913 for service in the [Archdiocese of Armagh](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Armagh). His first appointment was [curate](/source/Curate) in the city of [Armagh](/source/Armagh) and eventually he became Administrator of the Cathedral Parish of Armagh. While in that role he was responsible for building the additional church of St. Malachy. He was named parish priest of St. Peter's parish in [Drogheda](/source/Drogheda) in 1938. ## Bishop of Clogher He was appointed the [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic) [Bishop of Clogher](/source/Bishop_of_Clogher) in Ireland on 30 January 1943, following the death of Dr. Patrick McKenna, on 7 February 1942 and received episcopal consecration on 4 April 1943.[2] His Episcopal Motto was *Ad Jesum per Mariam* (*To Jesus through Mary.*) In 1957 he denounced the IRA border campaign arguing that physical force would only aggravate the division not bring a solution.[3] As was common with many Catholic bishops in Ireland at the time, one of his main pastoral priorities was education and specifically the provision of new schools to meet rising social demands. As bishop of a cross-border diocese, O'Callaghan had to operate within two jurisdictions but one academic and reviewer considers this Bishop O'Callaghan‘s "biggest achievement".[4] O'Callaghan was responsible for the creation of [St Michael's College, Enniskillen](/source/St_Michael's_College%2C_Enniskillen) as a diocesan college, taking over the school from the [Presentation Brothers](/source/Presentation_Brothers) and establishing it on a new site just outside the Fermanagh town. He attended the opening session of the [Second Vatican Council](/source/Second_Vatican_Council) in October 1962. He resigned this appointment on 26 January 1971 in accordance with newly adopted protocols for the style of retired bishops in the post-Vatican II era and died as Bishop Emeritus of Clogher on 21 May 1973. O'Callaghan was succeeded by [Patrick Mulligan](/source/Patrick_Mulligan_(bishop)). He is buried in the grounds of his Cathedral alongside his predecessor.[5] ## See also - [Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Clogher) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Canning, Bernard (1988). *Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987*. [Ballyshannon](/source/Ballyshannon): [Donegal Democrat](/source/Donegal_Democrat). p. 83. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1870963008](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1870963008). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Bishop Eugene O'Callaghan profile at Catholic Hierarchy website](http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bocal.html). Retrieved 2 July 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Marianne Elliott](/source/Marianne_Elliott_(historian)) (2009). [*When God Took Sides: Religion and Identity in Ireland - Unfinished History*](https://books.google.com/books?id=XDhpAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA249). [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press). p. 249. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-19-920693-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-920693-3). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Darren McGettigan (2005). [*Red Hugh O'Donnell and the Nine Years War*](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/irish-historical-studies/article/red-hugh-odonnell-and-the-nine-years-war-by-darren-mcgettigan-pp-190-illus-dublin-four-courts-press-2005-45/4AEABE53AD29B1B585BCAAA8515158F4). [Dublin](/source/Dublin): [Four Courts Press](/source/Four_Courts_Press). p. 190. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/S0021121400005198](https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0021121400005198). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1851828876](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1851828876). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [163632769](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:163632769). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["St. Macartan's Cathedral"](https://www.monaghan-rackwallace.ie/parish-churches/cathedral). Retrieved 2 July 2018. 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