Bernard Coyne (bishop)

Bernard Coyne (1854–17 July 1926) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Elphin from 1913 to 1926,^[1] being consecrated 30 March 1913.^[2]

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Coyne was born at Sandfield House, Roscommon, in 1854, and started his education at Summerhill College,^[2] then later studied for the priesthood at Maynooth College where he was a classmate of the future Cardinal O'Donnell.^[3]