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Jeremiah Doyle


Jeremiah Joseph Doyle (5 December 1849 – 1909), was an Irish born Catholic bishop, the bishop of Grafton.

Doyle was born at Kilmurry, County Cork, Ireland. He was the son of Daniel Doyle and his wife Ellen (née Murphy). He was educated in classics at Mount Melleray College, Waterford, and in 1868 he entered All Hallows College, Dublin.

Doyle was ordained a priest on 24 June 1874 for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.

Doyle was consecrated first bishop of Grafton by Cardinal Patrick Francis Moran in St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, on 28 August 1887.

Doyle remain bishop until he died of cerebral haemorrhage in his house at Lismore, New South Wales, on 4 June 1909.

The diocese of Grafton was renamed to Lismore, and John Carroll became bishop of Lismore on 2 December 1909.

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