John Gallagher (bishop)
Bishop John Gallagher (1846–1923) was an Irish born priest who served as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Goulburn, Australia.[1] Born in Castlederg, Ireland, in 1846, he was ordained in 1869 for the diocese of Goulburn by the Archbishop of Sydney Cardinal Moran.[2] He served as a priest in Goulburn, Dr Gallagher a noted classicist, taught at St Patrick's College, Goulburn, where he served as president of the college from 1875 until 1888.[3] Dr Gallagher was appointed Titular Bishop of Adrassus, co-adjutor Bishop of Goulburn and in 1900 Bishop of Goulburn. In 1916 he laid the foundation stone of Sacred Heart Church, Cootamundra.[4]
"John O'Brien"'s 1921 comic poem, 'Tangmalangaloo', in which a bishop visiting a remote bush school asks a boy what Christmas is and receives the reply "It's the day before the races out at Tangmalangaloo" is a true story of a visit by Gallagher to Tangmangaroo.[5]
Rt. Rev. Dr. John Gallagher died aged 77 in 1923.
References[edit]
- ^ Former Bishops Diocese Goulburn
- ^ Bishop Gallagher Catholic Hierarchy.
- ^ BISHOP GALLAGHER AT TEMORA Freeman's Journal. XLVIII, (3059). New South Wales, Australia. 21 August 1897. p. 18. Retrieved 10 July 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ They built the Cathedral
- ^ Mecham, J.A. (1981). "The biography of 'John O'Brien': Father Patrick Hartigan". Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society. 7 (1): 24–27.
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