Daniel Delany

Daniel Delany
Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin
Stained glass window by George Walsh in Tullow
ProvinceDublin
DioceseKildare and Leighlin
SeeDublin
Appointed1788
PredecessorDr James O'Keeffe
Previous post(s)Coadjutor Bishop
Orders
Ordination1771
Personal details
Born(1747-02-00)February 1747
Mountrath, Paddock, Laois, Ireland
Died9 July 1814(1814-07-09) (aged 67)
Tullow, County Carlow, Ireland
BuriedTullow, County Carlow, Ireland
NationalityIrish
DenominationRoman Catholic
Alma materIrish College, Paris
MottoFortiter et Suaviter

Daniel Delany DD (February 1747, in Paddock, Mountrath, Laois, Ireland – 9 July 1814, in Tullow, County Carlow) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin. Educated at the Irish College in Paris, he taught at the English Boys College of St Omer, 265 kilometres north of Paris.

In 1783, Delany was appointed coadjutor to James O'Keeffe, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin. Together, they established St. Patrick's, Carlow College. Delany later founded the Brigidine Sisters in 1807, and the Patrician Brothers in 1808.