Michael Duignan (bishop)

Michael Duignan B.Phil. LDT DD (born 15 July 1970) is an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who has been the Bishop of Clonfert since 2019.[1]

The Most Reverend

Michael Duignan

B.Phil. BTh LDT DD
Bishop of Clonfert
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseClonfert
Appointed16 July 2019
Installed13 October 2019
PredecessorJohn Kirby
Orders
Ordination17 July 1994
by Dominic Joseph Conway
Consecration13 October 2019
by John Kirby
Personal details
Born (1970-07-15) 15 July 1970
Athlone, County Roscommon, Republic of Ireland
Previous postChancellor of the Diocese of Elphin
Alma materSaint Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions
Pontifical Gregorian University
MottoRespicite ad eum, et illuminamini
(Come ye to him and be enlightened)
Coat of arms
Styles of
Michael Duignan
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Grace
Religious styleBishop

Early Life and Education

Duignan is the eldest of a family of six and attended Cloonakilla National School, Bealnamulla and St. Aloysius College, Athlone, Co Westmeath.

He began his seminary formation for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Elphin with a Spiritual Year at St Patrick’s Missionary Society in Kiltegan, Co Wicklow. His studies continued at the Pontifical Irish College in Rome where he attended the Pontifical Gregorian University. He graduated with a Baccalaureate in Philosophy in 1990 and a Baccalaureate in Theology in 1993. As a postgraduate student, he completed a Licentiate in Dogmatic Theology in 1995.

In 1993, he was ordained a deacon in the Basilica of Santa Prassede, Rome and ordained a priest in the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Athlone by Most Rev Dominic Joseph Conway, Bishop of Elphin in July 1994.

After completing his Licentiate, he ministered as Curate in the Cathedral Parish of St Mary’s, Sligo and subsequently as Chaplain to the Institute of Technology, Sligo before returning to Rome to complete doctoral studies in contemporary trinitarian theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University with Father Gerald O'Collins AC SJ. [2]

Ministry

He was appointed Bishop of Clonfert in July 2019.[3][4]

References
  1. "Pope Francis appoints Father Michael Duignan as Bishop of Clonfert".
  2. "Ireland: Pope Appoints Father Michael Duignan as Bishop of Clonfert". 16 July 2019.
  3. "Fr Michael Duignan appointed as the new Bishop of Clonfert". Independent.ie.
  4. "New Bishop of Clonfert tells young people life is better with Christ than without". www.irishexaminer.com. 16 July 2019.


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