Edward Daly (bishop)
|
The Right Reverend Bishop Edward Daly |
|
|---|---|
| Bishop Emeritus of Derry | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Derry |
| In office | 1974–1994; (retired) |
| Predecessor | Neil Farren |
| Successor | Séamus Hegarty |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 16 March 1957 |
| Consecration | 31 March 1974 by Card. William Conway |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 December 1933 Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Irish Free State (now Republic of Ireland) |
| Died | 8 August 2016 (aged 82) Derry, Northern Ireland |
| Motto | Pasce oves meas ("Feed my sheep") |
|
Styles of Edward Daly |
|
|---|---|
.svg) |
|
| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Lordship or Bishop |
| Religious style | Bishop |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
Edward Daly, D.D. (5 December 1933 – 8 August 2016) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest and author. He served as the Bishop of Derry from 1974 to 1993. Daly took part in several civil rights marches and events during the Troubles; he appears in the iconic photograph from Bloody Sunday in 1972, waving a blood-stained white handkerchief as he escorts a group carrying a mortally-wounded boy after British troops opened fire on demonstrators.
Daly was born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, but raised in Belleek, County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. His parents were Tom Daly and Susan Daly (née Flood), who were shopkeepers; he was the eldest of six siblings, including Tom Daly junior, who became a prominent politician. Daly attended and boarded at St Columb's College in Derry on a scholarship, after which he spent six years studying towards ordination to the priesthood at the Irish College in Rome. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Derry in Belleek on 16 March 1957. His first appointment was as a Curate in Castlederg, County Tyrone. In 1962, he was appointed a Curate in St Eugene's Cathedral in Derry, with responsibility for the Bogside area of the city. He left briefly in the 1970s to serve as a religious advisor to RTE in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland but spent the majority of his career in Derry.
...
Wikipedia