Pierse Power

The Most Reverend Pierse Power
Bishop of Waterford and Lismore
Church	Roman Catholic
Metropolis	Cashel and Emly
Diocese	Waterford and Lismore
Installed	17 December 1887
Term ended	22 May 1889
Predecessor	John Power
Successor	John Egan
Previous post(s)	Parish priest, Dungarvan
Personal details
Born	1827 Clonmel, Ireland
Died	1889 (aged 61-62) Waterford, Ireland
Alma mater	St John's College, Waterford St Patrick's College, Maynooth

Pierse Power (1827 – 1889) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Waterford and Lismore from 1887 until his death.^[1]

Life

Power was educated at St John's College, Waterford and St Patrick's College, Maynooth.^[2] After a curacy at Clonmel, he was on the staff of St John's from 1858 until 1879.^[2] Power was parish priest at Dungarvan from 1879 until 1886 when he was ordained Coadjutor bishop of Waterford and Lismore with the right of succession. He became bishop on 17 December 1887^[3] and served until his death on 22 May 1889.^[2]

References

1. "Bishop Piers Power † Deceased Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Ireland". Catholic Hierarchy. Roman Catholic Church. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
2. Canning, Bernard (1988). Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987. Ballyshannon: Donegal Democrat. p. 302. ISBN 1870963008.
3. Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, pp. 368–370.

Sources

• Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. A New History of Ireland. Vol. IX. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by John Power	Bishop of Waterford and Lismore 1887 – 1889	Succeeded by Richard Alphonsus Sheehan