Name William Crean Province Munster Denomination Roman Catholic Consecration January 27, 2013 | Nationality Irish Ordination 1976 Installed 27 January 2013 Appointed November 25, 2012 | |
Parents Patrick Crean and Margaret O'Donnell Motto Cor Novum Vitale (Heart with new vitality) Alma mater St Patrick's College, Maynooth, Pontifical Gregorian University | ||
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William Crean (born 16 December 1951) is a Roman Catholic bishop in Ireland. He has been the Bishop of Cloyne since 2013.
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- Bishop william crean on laudato si one year after its publication
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Bishop william crean on trocaire and lent 2014
Life
William Crean was born in Tralee, the son of Patrick and Margaret Crean (née O’Donnell).
He studied theology and philosophy at Saint Patrick’s College in Maynooth and later received the Licentiate in Sacred Theology of the Pontifical Gregorian University.
He was ordained as a priest in 1976 and incardinated into the clergy of the Diocese of Kerry. He had been parish priest in Castlegregory and curate in the parishes of Glenbeigh and Killorglin and later parish priest in Cahersiveen. He was consecrated bishop on 27 January 2013.
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