Joseph Hoare (bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise)
roman-catholic bishop of Ardagh And Clonmacnoise
Joseph Hoare (born Ballymahon, 15 March 1842 - died Longford, 14 April 1927) was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop.
Hoare was educated at St Patrick's College, Maynooth and ordained priest on 11 June 1867. He was a curate at Templemichael, County Longford then head teacher at St Mel's College, Longford. He was parish priest of Street, County Westmeath from 1881 to 1887; and then of Carrick on Shannon until his appointment as Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise in 1895. He died in post.
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