William Keane (bishop)
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William Keane (b Castlemartyr 7 April 1805; d Cobh 15 January 1874) was a Nineteenth-century Irish Roman Catholic bishop.[1]
Keane was educated at the Irish College in Paris.[2] He was ordained priest in Paris on 2 July September 1828 and was on the staff of the ICP for 11 years. He returned to be curate of Fermoy, after which he was parish priest at [[Midleton from 1841 to 1851. He was Bishop of Ross from 1851 to 1857[2] Keane was Bishop of Ross from 1877[3] when he was translated to Cloyne.[4]