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'''Bishop Joseph Colgan''', DD (1 April 1824 – 13 February 1911), was an Irish born [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore|Roman Catholic Archbishop of Madras]], India. <br />
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==Biography==<br />
Born on 1 April 1824 in [[Donore, County Westmeath]], he studied in [[Navan]], and for the priesthood in [[Maynooth College]]. Colgan was ordained in 1846. In 1847, he moved to India, where he served as a school principal, and Army Chaplin and priest in the Madras Vicarate.<ref>[http://newspapers.bc.edu/cgi-bin/bostonsh?a=d&d=BOSTONSH19110304-01.2.5 Obituary] The Sacred Heart Review, Volume 45, Number 11, 4 March 1911, Boston College.</ref><br />
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Colgan was honoured by being named a Fellow of [[University of Madras|Madras University]].<ref>[https://books.google.ie/books?id=Y8AKI2nqPBQC&pg=PA88&lpg=PA88&dq=Bishop+Colgan+Madras&source=bl&ots=JTB6g1cV29&sig=qVM1TU3fC8T0t0MVWz_U7WF86YY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj1gcmawqfMAhVCWhoKHUoaBHI4ChDoAQgoMAM#v=onepage&q=Bishop%20Colgan%20Madras&f=false Most Rev. Dr. Joseph Colgan DD] Dictionary of Indian Biography</ref><br />
Colgan was appointed Bishop of Madras in 1882 succeeding Bishop Stephen Fennelly and became the first Archbishop of Madras in 1886.<ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/madr0.htm Bishop of Madras] www.gcatholic.org</ref> <br />
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Colgan served as archbishop until he died in Calcutta on 13 February 1911.<br />
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