{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Use Irish English|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox Christian leader |type = Bishop |name = Most Reverend Dr Patrick Mulligan |title = [[Bishop of Clogher]] |image = |church = [[Roman Catholic Church]] |see = [[Diocese of Clogher (Roman Catholic)|Clogher]] |term = 18 January 1970 – 7 July 1979; |predecessor = Most Reverend Dr [[Eugene O'Callaghan]] |successor = Most Reverend Dr [[Joseph Duffy (bishop)|Joseph Duffy]] |birth_date = 9 June 1912 |birth_place = [[Lisbellaw]], County Fermanagh, Ireland |death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|1|21|1912|6|9|df=yes}} |death_place = |previous_post = [[Archdeacon]] of Clogher }}

'''Patrick Mulligan''' (born 9 June 1912 – 21 January 1990) was the [[Roman Catholic]] [[Bishop of Clogher]] in [[Ireland]] from 18 January 1970 until 7 July 1979, when he was succeeded by [[Joseph Duffy (bishop)|Joseph Duffy]].

==Early life and education== He was born at [[Lisbellaw]], [[County Fermanagh]]<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmulligan.html Bishop Patrick Mulligan], catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2 July 2018.</ref> and educated at [[St Macartan's College|St Macartan's College, Monaghan]] and [[St Patrick's College, Maynooth]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Canning | first= Bernard| author-link= | title= Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987| location= [[Ballyshannon]] | publisher= [[Donegal Democrat]]| pages=81| year=1988 | isbn= 1870963008}}</ref>

He studied for the priesthood at [[St Patrick's College, Maynooth]], and was ordained a priest of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher|Diocese of Clogher]] in 1937, a classmate of [[Cardinal William Conway]]. Later, Mulligan served as Diocesan Secretary for a period and also a teacher in [[St Macartan's College|St Macartan's College, Monaghan]], and St Tiarnach's School, [[Clones, County Monaghan]]. He became the first President of [[St Michael's College, Enniskillen]] in 1957, retiring from that position in the summer of 1966.

In that year, he was appointed [[Archdeacon]] of Clogher and Parish Priest of [[Carrickmacross]].<ref>Peadar Livingstone, ''The Fermanagh Story'', L.W.N. Hall, Booksellers, Enniskillen, NI (4th edition)<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed, if any --></ref>

==Bishop of Clogher== Mulligan's appointment as [[Bishop of Clogher]] was made on 28 November 1969 and he received episcopal ordination two months later on 18 January 1970. The [[Archbishop of Dublin]] [[John Charles McQuaid]] was invited to concelebrate the ordination Mass but refused to participate in this then novel way.<ref name=book>{{cite book|author=John Cooney|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dmaNAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT555|title=John Charles McQuaid: Ruler of Catholic Ireland|publisher=O'Brien Press|date=29 August 2012|pages=576|isbn = 9781847175038}}</ref>

As bishop he oversaw the implementation within the diocese of many of the changes brought about by the [[Second Vatican Council]] and during his term three new churches and several schools were built in the diocese. He was a knowledgeable and published author of local history and [[Irish language]] expert.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Patrick Mulligan|title=The Life and Times of Bishop Edward Kernan|journal=Clogher Record|publisher=Clogher Historical Society|volume=10|number=3|year=1981|pages=323–348|doi=10.2307/27695831|jstor=27695831}}</ref><ref name=book/>

He was succeeded by [[Joseph Duffy (bishop)|Joseph Duffy]] and while in retirement wrote a short History of the Diocese of Clogher as well as several articles for local historical journals, serving several terms as President of the [[Clogher Historical Society]].{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

Mulligan died on 21 January 1990, aged 77 years and is buried in the grounds of his Cathedral, alongside his predecessor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.monaghan-rackwallace.ie/parish-churches/cathedral|title=St. Macartan's Cathedral|accessdate=2 July 2018|archive-date=24 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424071350/https://www.monaghan-rackwallace.ie/parish-churches/cathedral|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also== *[[Diocese of Clogher (Roman Catholic)|Diocese of Clogher]] *[[St. Michael's College (Enniskillen)]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

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