Researching Patrick Lennon
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1056 people with the Lennon surname? In that year Lennon was ranked number 2539 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Patrick means "nobleman" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Patrick Lennon on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Patrick Lennon and the Lennon Family History
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Some Famous People called Patrick Lennon
Patrick Lennon (bishop)
Patrick Lennon was an Irish priest who served as Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin.
Patrick Lennon was born in 1914 at Borris, County Carlow both his parents were primary school teachers. He was educated locally and at Ring College, Rockwell College and Knockbeg College.
Patrick went to Maynooth College in 1931 to study for the priesthood and was ordained there on 19 June 1938, pursuing postgraduate studies he obtained a doctorate in divinity with a thesis on the Eucharist.
His brother Fr.Thomas Lennon SMA, also went on to become a priest, serving in Africa and Ireland.
In 1940 he went to Carlow College where he was appointed Professor of Moral Theology, he was to stay at Carlow for the next 26 years, becoming Vice-President in 1949 and subsequently President of St. Patrick's Carlow, College from 1956 until 1966.
He was appointed auxiliary Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin (Titular Bishop of Vina) and parish priest of Mountmellick, Co. Laois in July 1966, and in September 1967 Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin. He retired on 10 December 1987.
He was Patron of the Old Carlow Society.
He died in a car accident in Kill, County Kildare, on 12 January 1990.
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