{{Short description|Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne and Ross}} {{more citations needed|date=May 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Irish English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | name = Michael Collins | title = Bishop of Cloyne and Ross | church = [[Catholic Church]] | diocese = [[Diocese of Cloyne (Catholic)|Diocese of Cloyne and Ross]] | term = 9 August 1831 – 8 December 1832 | predecessor = [[William Coppinger (bishop)|William Coppinger]] | successor = [[Bartholomew Crotty]] | previous_post = Titular Bishop of [[Karabiga|Pegae]] <small>(1827-1831)</small> | consecration = 8 July 1827 | birth_date = {{birth year|1771}} | birth_place = [[Kilmeen and Rossmore|Rossmore]], [[County Cork]], [[Kingdom of Ireland]], [[British Empire]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1832|12|8|1771}} | education = [[St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth|Maynooth College]]<br />[[St Patrick's, Carlow College|St Patrick's College, Carlow]] }}
'''Michael Collins''' (1771 – 1832) was Roman Catholic [[Bishop of Cloyne]] and Ross. He was born in Rossmore, County Cork. He was educated for the priesthood at [[Maynooth College]] joining the Physics class in 1798, however he was expelled for his support and publicly encouraging insubordination, of the Robert Emmet Rising and completed his clerical studies at [[St. Patrick's College, Carlow]]. He became Professor of Belles Lettres in Carlow.<ref>[MAYNOOTH COLLEGE - ITS CENTENARY HISTORY BY THE MOST REV. JOHN HEALY, D.D., LLD., M.R.l.A.</ref>
He served as a priest of Castletownroche, and then in Skibbereen, where he lived until his death.
In 1827 he became co-adjutor bishop of cloyne and ross and in 1830 Bishop of Cloyne and Ross. <ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcollm.html Bishop Michael Collins - Bishop of Ross & Cloyne] Catholic Hierarchy Website.</ref>
He died in 1832 and in the Cathedral of St. Patrick, Skibbereen, County Cork, there is a marble monument of Dr Collins.
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