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The Right Reverend
Moore Neligan
Bishop of Auckland
Neligan in 1904
DioceseAnglican Diocese of Auckland
PredecessorWilliam Cowie
Personal details
BornMoore Richard Neligan
6 January 1863
Dublin, Ireland
DiedNovember 22, 1922(1922-11-22) (aged 59)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin

Moore Richard Neligan (6 January 1863 – 22 November 1922) was the Anglican Bishop of Auckland during the first decade of the 20th century.

Neligan was born in Dublin, the son of Rev. Maurice Neligan, a prominent Irish-Evangelical clergyman who was canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. He was educated at Reading School and Trinity College, Dublin, from which he graduated in 1884. He was ordained deacon and priest in 1886 and 1887 by the Archbishop of York, after embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Sculcoates, Hull. He was briefly Vicar at East Dereham, before he became curate of Christ church, Lancaster Gate in 1890. Four years later he transferred to St. Stephen, Westbourne-park, in Paddington. He was nominated to the colonial episcopate in Auckland in November 1902, and took up the position in 1903. Ill health prompted his return from New Zealand in 1910, and he served the remainder of his career as Rector of Ford, Northumberland.

World War I

Neligan served from 4 July 1918 until 30 November 1918 as a reverend 4th class in the New Zealand Chaplains Department attached to the 4th New Zealand Infantry Brigade. For his service he received the British War Medal.

Notes

  1. The Times, Monday, Nov 27, 1922; pg. 7; Issue 43199; col C Bishop Neligan Obituary
  2. ^ "Ecclesiastical intelligence". The Times. No. 36931. London. 21 November 1902. p. 9.
  3. “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1089.
  5. The Times, Monday, Jan 20, 1890; pg. 9; Issue 32913; col E Church appointments
  6. Auckland Diocese offices named after him
  7. "Who was Who"(Ibid)
Religious titles
Preceded byWilliam Garden Cowie Bishop of Auckland
1903–1910 		Succeeded byOwen Thomas Lloyd Crossley
Anglican Bishops of Auckland
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