# John Anthony Kyne > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Anthony_Kyne > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Anthony_Kyne.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Anthony_Kyne > Source revision: 1278955215 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Irish Catholic bishop John Anthony Kyne Bishop of Meath Archdiocese Armagh Diocese Meath Predecessor John D'Alton Successor John McCormack Orders Ordination 31 July 1927 Consecration 29 June 1947 by Raffael Cardinal Rossi Personal details Born (1904-11-04)4 November 1904 Died 23 December 1966(1966-12-23) (aged 62) Buried Cathedral grounds, Mullingar Styles of John Anthony Kyne Reference style The Most Reverend Spoken style Your Grace Religious style Bishop **John Anthony "Jack" Kyne** (4 November 1904 - 23 December 1966)[1] was the [Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath](/source/Roman_Catholic_Bishop_of_Meath), [Ireland](/source/Ireland) from 1947 to his death in 1966.[2] ## Early life and ministry Kyne was born in [Longwood](/source/Longwood%2C_County_Meath), [County Meath](/source/County_Meath) on the 4 November 1904. He won a scholarship to [St Finian's College](/source/St_Finian's_College) in [Mullingar](/source/Mullingar) and later became a member of staff there. Kyne studied for the priesthood at the Irish College in Rome[3] and was ordained a priest of the [Diocese of Meath](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Meath) on 31 July 1927.[1] From 1930, including during [World War II](/source/World_War_II), he served as a vice-rector of the [Pontifical Irish College](/source/Pontifical_Irish_College) in Rome. In 1939 [Pope Pius XII](/source/Pope_Pius_XII) named him a Monsignor and further appointed him as Papal Chamberlain in 1940.[3] ## Episcopal ministry Following his predecessors elevation to [Archdiocese of Armagh](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Armagh) in 1946, he was appointed Bishop of Meath on 29 June 1947,[1] a position he held until his sudden death in Mullingar on 23 December 1966.[3] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CH_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CH_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-CH_1-2) ["Bishop John Anthony Kyne"](http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bkyne.html). Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 11 November 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Canning, Bernard (1988). *Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987*. [Ballyshannon](/source/Ballyshannon): [Donegal Democrat](/source/Donegal_Democrat). p. 149. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1870963008](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1870963008). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-DOM_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-DOM_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-DOM_3-2) ["Remembering Most Reverend John Kyne (1904-1966)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20211208115914/https://dioceseofmeath.ie/remembering-most-reverend-john-kyne-1904-1966/). Diocese of Meath. Archived from [the original](https://dioceseofmeath.ie/remembering-most-reverend-john-kyne-1904-1966/) on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2020. ## External links - [Website of the Diocese of Meath](http://www.dioceseofmeath.ie) Catholic Church titles Preceded by John D'Alton Bishop of Meath 1947 – 1966 Succeeded by John McCormack v t e Catholic Church in Ireland Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference Dioceses Province of Armagh: Archdiocese of Armagh Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise Diocese of Clogher Diocese of Derry Diocese of Down and Connor Diocese of Dromore Diocese of Kilmore Diocese of Meath Diocese of Raphoe Province of Cashel: Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly Diocese of Cloyne Cork and Ross Diocese of Kerry Diocese of Killaloe Diocese of Limerick Diocese of Waterford and Lismore Diocese of Kilfenora Province of Dublin: Archdiocese of Dublin Diocese of Ferns Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin Diocese of Ossory Province of Tuam: Archdiocese of Tuam Diocese of Achonry Diocese of Clonfert Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh Diocese of Elphin Diocese of Killala Bishops Archbishop of Armagh (Eamon Martin) Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise (Paul Connell) Bishop of Clogher (Lawrence Duffy) Bishop of Derry (Donal McKeown) Bishop of Down and Connor (Noel Treanor) Bishop of Dromore (sede vacante) Bishop of Kilmore (Martin Hayes) Bishop of Meath (Thomas Deenihan) Bishop of Raphoe (Alan McGuckian) Archbishop of Cashel and Emly (Kieran O'Reilly) Bishop of Cloyne (William Crean) Bishop of Cork and Ross (Fintan Gavin) Bishop of Kerry (Raymond Browne) Bishop of Killaloe (Fintan Monahan) Bishop of Limerick (Brendan Leahy) Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (Alphonsus Cullinan) Archbishop of Dublin (Dermot Farrell) Bishop of Ferns (Gerard Nash) Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin (Denis Nulty) Bishop of Ossory (Niall Coll) Archbishop of Tuam and Bishop of Killala (Francis Duffy) Bishop of Clonfert and Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora (Michael Duignan) Bishop of Achonry and Bishop of Elphin (Kevin Doran) Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Apostolic Visitor (Kenneth Nowakowski) Churches Armagh Cathedral Belfast Cathedral Cavan Cathedral Derry Cathedral Letterkenny Cathedral Longford Cathedral Monaghan Cathedral Mullingar Cathedral Newry Cathedral Cobh Cathedral Cork Cathedral Ennis Cathedral Killarney Cathedral Limerick Cathedral Skibbereen Cathedral Thurles Cathedral Waterford Cathedral Carlow Cathedral Dublin Cathedral Enniscorthy Cathedral Kilkenny Cathedral Ballaghaderreen Cathedral Ballina Cathedral Galway Cathedral Loughrea Cathedral Sligo Cathedral Tuam Cathedral List of Catholic churches in Ireland See also Knock Shrine St Patrick's Purgatory St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth List of monastic houses in Ireland List of Catholic schools in Ireland by religious order List of saints of Ireland Apostolic Nunciature to Ireland Holy See–Ireland relations Catholicism portal Ireland portal v t e Roman Catholic Bishops of Meath Thomas Dease Anthony MacGeoghegan Edmund Mac Teige Patrick Plunkett James Cusack Patrick Tyrrell. Luke Fagan Stephen MacEgan Augustine Cheevers Patrick Joseph Plunkett Robert Logan John Cantwell Thomas Nulty Mathew Gaffney Laurence Gaughran Thomas Mulvany John D'Alton John Anthony Kyne John McCormack Michael Smith Thomas Deenihan This article about an Irish Catholic bishop or archbishop is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Ireland-RC-bishop-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AIreland-RC-bishop-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Ireland-RC-bishop-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [John Anthony Kyne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Anthony_Kyne) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Anthony_Kyne?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.