# John Ahern (bishop)

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Roman-catholic bishop

John Ahern Bishop of Cloyne Church Catholic Church Diocese Diocese of Cloyne In office 30 March 1957 – 17 February 1987 Predecessor James Roche Successor John Magee Orders Ordination 31 June 1936 Consecration 9 June 1957 by Albert Levame Personal details Born (1911-08-31)31 August 1911 Leamlara (near Lisgoold), County Cork, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Died 25 September 1997(1997-09-25) (aged 86)

**John J. Ahern** DCL, STL, (1911–1997) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman, who served as [Bishop of Cloyne](/source/Bishop_of_Cloyne) from 1957 until 1987.

Born in 1911, a native of [Leamlara](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leamlara&action=edit&redlink=1), near [Lisgoold](/source/Lisgoold), County Cork, Ahern was ordained in 1936.[1] He was appointed professor of canon law at [Maynooth College](/source/Maynooth_College) in 1946.[2] In 1956, he was appointed to the see of Cloyne. He was a council father at the [Second Vatican Council](/source/Second_Vatican_Council).

Ahern retired as bishop in 1987 and died on 25 September 1997.[3] Bishop John Magee succeeded him at Cloyne. The National School in Leamlara, which succeeded the one he attended, is named in his honour.[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Bishop John J. Ahern](http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bahernj.html) www.catholic-hierarchy.org

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Kalendarium](http://maynoothcollege.ie/files/images/Kalendarium-Complete1.pdf) Maynooth College.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Death of former bishop of cloyne](https://www.irishtimes.com/news/death-of-former-bishop-of-cloyne-1.110250) Irish Times, 27 September 1997.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Bishop Ahern National School](http://www.bishopahernns.ie/?page_id=27) www.bishopahern.ie

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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

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