John Kearney (bishop)

For other people with the same name, see John Kearney (disambiguation).

The Right Reverend
John Kearney
Portrait by William Cuming, c. 1810.[1]
23rd Provost of Trinity College Dublin
In office
30 July 1799 – 19 January 1806
Preceded byRichard Murray
Succeeded byGeorge Hall
Personal details
Born(1744-08-10)10 August 1744
Dublin, Ireland
Died22 May 1813(1813-05-22) (aged 68)
Kilkenny, Ireland
Resting placeTrinity College Chapel
Alma materTrinity College Dublin

John Kearney, D.D. (10 August 1744 – 22 May 1813) was an Irish academic and bishop who served as the 23rd Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1799 to 1806. He was the Church of Ireland Bishop of Ossory from 1806 to 1813.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference TCD was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ McDowell, R. B. "Kearney, John (1744–1813), provost of Trinity College, Dublin, and bishop of Ossory". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15212. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 404. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.