# Michael Collins (bishop)

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Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne and Ross

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Michael Collins Bishop of Cloyne and Ross Church Catholic Church Diocese Diocese of Cloyne and Ross In office 9 August 1831 – 8 December 1832 Predecessor William Coppinger Successor Bartholomew Crotty Previous post Titular Bishop of Pegae (1827-1831) Orders Consecration 8 July 1827 Personal details Born 1771 (1771) Rossmore, County Cork, Kingdom of Ireland, British Empire Died December 8, 1832(1832-12-08) (aged 60–61) Education Maynooth College St Patrick's College, Carlow

**Michael Collins** (1771 – 1832) was Roman Catholic [Bishop of Cloyne](/source/Bishop_of_Cloyne) and Ross. He was born in Rossmore, County Cork. He was educated for the priesthood at [Maynooth College](/source/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](/source/St._Patrick's_College%2C_Carlow). He became Professor of Belles Lettres in Carlow.[1]

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. [2]

He died in 1832 and in the Cathedral of St. Patrick, Skibbereen, County Cork, there is a marble monument of Dr Collins.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [MAYNOOTH COLLEGE - ITS CENTENARY HISTORY BY THE MOST REV. JOHN HEALY, D.D., LLD., M.R.l.A.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Bishop Michael Collins - Bishop of Ross & Cloyne](http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcollm.html) Catholic Hierarchy Website.

Catholic Church titles Preceded by William Coppinger Bishop of Cloyne & Ross 1830 - 1832 Succeeded by Bartholomew Crotty

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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