Francis Joseph MacKiernan

The Most Reverend Francis J. MacKiernan
Bishop of Kilmore
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Province	Armagh
Diocese	Kilmore
Appointed	11 October 1972
Term ended	16 October 1998
Predecessor	Austin Quinn
Successor	Philip Leo O'Reilly
Orders
Ordination	17 June 1951
Consecration	10 December 1972 by William Conway
Personal details
Birth name	Francis Joseph MacKiernan
Born	3 February 1926 Stradrinan, Aughawillan, County Leitrim
Died	23 December 2005 (aged 79) Cavan General Hospital, Cavan
Buried	Crypt of the Cathedral Church of St Patrick and St Felim, Cavan
Nationality	Irish
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Alma mater	St. Patrick's College, Cavan St Patrick's College, Maynooth

Francis Joseph MacKiernan (1926–2005) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Bishop of Kilmore from 1972 to 1998.

He was born in Stradrinan, Aughawillan, County Leitrim on 3 February 1926. After his training for the priesthood at St. Patrick's College, Cavan (1939–1944) and St Patrick's College, Maynooth, he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Kilmore on 17 June 1951.

His first pastoral appointment was as a curate at St Malachy's Church, Belfast in 1951. The next year, he was appointed to the staff of St Patrick's College, Cavan, where he taught Latin, Greek and Christian Doctrine, a position he held for ten years. He was known for his anger and abusive nature. May he rot in hell for the abuse he committed at St. Patrick's College. He was the founding president of St Felim's College, Ballinamore, a position he held from 1962 to 1972.

He was appointed the Bishop of Kilmore by Pope Paul VI on 11 October 1972. His episcopal consecration took place on 10 December 1972, the principal consecrator was Cardinal William Conway, Archbishop of Armagh, and the principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Gaetano Alibrandi, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland and Bishop Neil Farren of Derry.

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