John Lyster

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John Lyster (5 October 1850 – 17 January 1911)[https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfergus.html Catholic Hierarchy] was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman"Sadliers' Catholic Directory, Almanac and Ordo" Toronto; D. & J. Sadlier & Company; 1893 who served as Bishop of Achonry from 1888[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51464191/consecration-of-the-bishop-of-achonry/ newspapers.com] to until his death.{{cite book |author=Fryde, E. B. |author2=Greenway, D. E. |author3=Porter, S. |author4= Roy, I. |title=Handbook of British Chronology |edition=3rd |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |year=1986 |isbn=0-521-56350-X |page=413}}

Lyster was born in Athlone.{{Who's Who | title=Lyster, John | id = U195346 | type = was | volume = 1897–1916 | edition = April 2007 online | access-date = 29 January 2021 }} He was educated at St Joseph's College, Athlone and St Patrick's College, Maynooth;'A Dominant Church: The Diocese of Achonry, 1818-1960' Swords, L Dublin;Columba Press; 2005 {{ISBN|1856073955}} and ordained in 1872. He was also Principal of Summerhill College.