John Troy (bishop)
Irish Roman Catholic archbishop
John Thomas Troy, OP (10 May 1739 – 11 May 1823) was an Irish Dominican friar who served as Archbishop of Dublin from 1786 to 1823.
Life
Dominican
Of Anglo-Norman stock, Troy was born at Annefield House, near Porterstown, County Dublin, and received his early education at Liffey Street, Dublin. At the age of sixteen he joined the Dominican Order and proceeded to their house of St. Clement at Rome. Historian Edward D'Alton notes that he was "amenable to discipline, diligent in his studies, and talented". He made rapid progress, and while still a student was appointed to give lectures in philosophy. Subsequently, he taught theology and canon law, and finally became prior/rector of the convent in 1772.
Bishop of Ossory
When the Bishop of Ossory died, in 1776, the priests of the diocese recommended one of their number, Father Molloy, to Rome for the vacant see, and the recommendation was endorsed by many of the Irish bishops. But Troy, who was held in high esteem at Rome, had already been appointed Bishop of Ossory. He was consecrated at Louvain in June 1777 by the nuncio to Flanders, Archbishop (later Cardinal) Ignazio Busca.
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