William Lanigan

Right Reverend William Lanigan (May 1820 – 13 June 1900), was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Goulburn, New South Wales.^[1]

Lanigan was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, the son of Thomas Lanigan and his wife Brigid Anastasia, née Dauton.^[1] He was educated at Thurles and Maynooth Colleges. He was ordained priest at Maynooth on 8 April 1848,^[1] and emigrated to Sydney in 1859. After seven years' missionary work in Goulburn and Berrima, he was consecrated Bishop of Goulburn on 9 June 1867.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Duffy, C. J. "Lanigan, William (1820–1900)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
^ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Lanigan, Right Rev. William" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.

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Preceded by Patrick Geoghegan	Bishop of Goulburn 1867–1900	Succeeded by John Gallagher

[adb-1] Duffy, C. J. "Lanigan, William (1820–1900)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 6 January 2014.

[2] Mennell, Philip (1892). "Lanigan, Right Rev. William" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.

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