John Kearney (bishop) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids John Kearney
Portrait by William Cuming, c. 1810
Born	1744 Dublin, Ireland
Died	22 May 1813 (age 71) Kilkenny, County Kilkenny

John Kearney, D.D. (1744–1813) was an Irish academic and churchman, Provost of Trinity College, Dublin from 1799. He was the Church of Ireland Bishop of Ossory from 1806 to 1813.

Life

He was born in Dublin, the son of a barber-surgeon, and the younger brother of Michael Kearney.

Kearney was elected a Scholar of Trinity College Dublin in 1760 and a Fellow in 1764. He held the Chair of Oratory from 1781 until his appointment as Provost in July 1799.

Kearney was nominated Bishop of Ossory on 4 January and appointed by letters patent on 20 January 1806. He was consecrated at Trinity College Chapel on 2 February 1806, by Charles Agar, Archbishop of Dublin, assisted by Charles Lindsay, Bishop of Kildare and Nathaniel Alexander, Bishop of Down and Connor. His replacement as Provost was George Hall. That year, Kearney was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 1806.

Kearney died in office at Kilkenny on 22 May 1813.