Moore Neligan

Moore Richard Neligan (6 January 1863 – 22 November 1922) was the Anglican Bishop of Auckland during the first decade of the 20th century.[1]

Neligan was born in Dublin, the son of Rev. Maurice Neligan, a prominent Irish-Evangelical clergyman who was canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.[2] He was educated at Reading School and Trinity College, Dublin,[3] from which he graduated in 1884. He was ordained deacon and priest in 1886 and 1887 by the Archbishop of York, after embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Sculcoates, Hull.[2] He was briefly Vicar at East Dereham, before he became curate of Christ church, Lancaster Gate in 1890.[4] Four years later he transferred to St. Stephen, Westbourne-park, in Paddington. He was nominated to the colonial episcopate in Auckland in November 1902,[2] and took up the position in 1903. Ill health prompted his return from New Zealand in 1910,[5] and he served the remainder of his career as Rector of Ford, Northumberland.[6]