Thomas Coen
Thomas Coen (1766–1847) was an Irish prelate who served as Bishop of Clonfert.[1]
He was born in
Maynooth College when it opened and continued his studies there for five years. Coen was appointed titular bishop of Milevum on 26 January 1816; and Diocesan Bishop of Clonfert on 8 October 1831. Dr Coen was one of the first Maynooth educated priests to be elevated to a bishopric. He died on 25 April 1847.[2]
His brother James Coen also became a priest and served as parish priest in Lusmagh, County Offaly, and a nephew of his also called Thomas Coen, son of Bishop Coen's brother John, served as parish priest in Killoran, and Abbeygormican, Co. Galway.
References
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy
- ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
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