Robert Browne (bishop)
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Robert Browne (6 November 1844 – 23 March 1935) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest who served as President of Maynooth College and Bishop of Cloyne.
Life
Robert Browne was born in Charleville, Co. Cork to Robert Browne and Margaret Mullins.{{Who's Who | title=Browne, Robert | id = U206741 | type = was | volume = 1920–2016 | edition = April 2014 online | access-date = 14 February 2021 }} He was educated at St. Colman's College, Fermoy in Cork before he pursued clerical studies at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth.
Browne was ordained on 18 May 1869[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbrowr.html Bishop Robert Browne] Catholic Hierarchy{{Self-published source|date=December 2016}} for Cloyne Diocese where he ministered and worked in St. Colman's College in 1870. Rev. Browne returned to Maynooth College in 1874 and became Dean in 1875, vice-President in 1883 and President in 1885 a position he held until he was appointed Bishop of Cloyne in 1894.[http://www.foscc.com/History/Bishops/Browne.html Bishop Robert Browne] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325175812/http://www.foscc.com/History/Bishops/Browne.html |date=2012-03-25 }} The Friends of St. Colman's Cathedral online.
During Browne's tenure as president of Maynooth many developments were undertaken such as the completion of the college chapel and exhibition hall. He also served as editor of the "Irish Ecclesiastical Record" until his appointment as Bishop.{{cite web |title=Browne,Robert|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/browne-robert-a1046 |website=www.dib.ie |access-date=28 September 2022}}
His nephew was the Jesuit priest and noted photographer of the Titanic and First World War Francis Browne SJ, whom, since his parents died when he was quite young, Bishop Browne raised and supported, purchasing his first camera and giving him a present of tickets to travel from Southampton to Queenstown (Cobh).[http://fatherbrowne.com/initialpage.html Father Browne's Finest Pictures]
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Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland
Category:Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth
Category:Presidents of St Patrick's College, Maynooth
Category:People from Charleville, County Cork
Category:19th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests