Bishop Daniel Mageean
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Bishop Daniel Mageean D.D.
6 May 1882 - 17 January 1962 was an Irish
Roman Catholic Prelate
and until 1962 he held the title Lord Bishop of Down and Connor.
, Co. Down and received secondary education at St Malachy's College and St Patrick's College, Maynooth
.
He was appointed to Glenavy Parish on 10 July 1907, and transferred to St Malachy's College on 1 September of the same year.
Mageean was soon transferred to St. Patrick's College, Maynooth as Junior Dean, rising to be Senior Dean before his episcopal nomination as 28th Bishop of Down and Connor in 1929.
In the 1930s he was a champion of Catholic rights especially after the anti-Catholic riots of 1935. In that year he succeeded in getting the anti-Catholic nature of much of Northern Ireland life raised in the House of Commons
at Westminster but his efforts came to naught and he resigned himself to a long period of sterility as prime ecclesiastical leader of demoralised Northern Irish Catholics. In 1939 he coined the much-quoted phrase: A Protestant Parliament for a Protestant People
, attributing it to his opponent the prime minister Lord Craigavon
, but it was a slight misquotation.
He died on the 17 January 1962 and was succeeded by the Bishop of Clonfert, William Philbin
.
Doctor of Divinity
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6 May 1882 - 17 January 1962 was an Irish
Ireland
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Roman Catholic Prelate
Prelate
A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, which means "carry before", "be set above or over" or "prefer"; hence, a prelate is one set over others.-Related...
and until 1962 he held the title Lord Bishop of Down and Connor.
Ministry
Daniel Mageean was born in the townland of Darragh Cross in the parish of SaintfieldSaintfield
Saintfield is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland, situated roughly halfway between Belfast and Downpatrick on the A7 road. It had a population of 2,959 people in the 2001 Census. The village proper is considered predominantly a middle or upper-middle class town and of both Catholic and...
, Co. Down and received secondary education at St Malachy's College and St Patrick's College, Maynooth
St Patrick's College, Maynooth
St Patrick's College, Maynooth is the "National Seminary for Ireland" , and a Pontifical University, located in the village of Maynooth, 15 miles from Dublin, Ireland. The college and seminary are often referred to as Maynooth College. The college was officially established as the Royal College...
.
He was appointed to Glenavy Parish on 10 July 1907, and transferred to St Malachy's College on 1 September of the same year.
Mageean was soon transferred to St. Patrick's College, Maynooth as Junior Dean, rising to be Senior Dean before his episcopal nomination as 28th Bishop of Down and Connor in 1929.
In the 1930s he was a champion of Catholic rights especially after the anti-Catholic riots of 1935. In that year he succeeded in getting the anti-Catholic nature of much of Northern Ireland life raised in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
at Westminster but his efforts came to naught and he resigned himself to a long period of sterility as prime ecclesiastical leader of demoralised Northern Irish Catholics. In 1939 he coined the much-quoted phrase: A Protestant Parliament for a Protestant People
A Protestant Parliament for a Protestant People
A Protestant parliament for a Protestant people is a term that has been applied to the political institutions in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. The term has been documented as early as February 1939, when Bishop Daniel Mageean, in his Lenten pastoral, stated that prime minister, Lord...
, attributing it to his opponent the prime minister Lord Craigavon
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, PC, PC , was a prominent Irish unionist politician, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland...
, but it was a slight misquotation.
He died on the 17 January 1962 and was succeeded by the Bishop of Clonfert, William Philbin
William Philbin
The Most Reverend William J. Philbin D.D. was an Irish Roman Catholic Prelate. From 1962 until his retirement, he held the title Lord Bishop of Down and Connor.-Career:...
.