Michael O'Farrell (bishop)
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The Right Reverend Michael O'Farrell DD C.M. |
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| 4th Roman Catholic Bishop | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Bathurst |
| Installed | 16 June 1920 |
| Term ended | 4 April 1928 |
| Predecessor | John Dunne |
| Successor | John Norton |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 3 March 1887 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 30 November 1920 (Bishop) in St Michael and St John's Cathedral, Bathurst |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 April 1865 Milhow, Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland |
| Died | 4 April 1928 (aged 62) Orange, New South Wales, Australia |
| Buried | Bathurst Cemetery, Bathurst, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Occupation | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Profession | Cleric |
| Alma mater |
St Finian's College, Navan St Patrick's Seminary, Maynooth |
Michael O'Farrell DD, C.M. (7 April 1865 in Milhow, Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland – 4 April 1928 in Orange, New South Wales), an Australian suffragan bishop, was the fourth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst, New South Wales. Reverend O'Farrell was consecrated by the Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop Cattaneo in 1920 and served until his death in 1928. O'Farrell was the first Vincentian bishop in Australia.
Educated at St. Finian's College, Navan, O'Farrell came from a devout religious family that included two sisters who became Sisters of Mercy, and three of his brothers became priests, two of whom migrated to Australia and worked as priests in the Archdiocese of Sydney. O'Farrell studied for the priesthood at St Patrick's Seminary, Maynooth, and he was ordained priest on 23 March 1887. While at Maynooth, he studied with Daniel Mannix, who later became Archbishop of Melbourne. O'Farrell initially served as a missionary in Sheffield, England, before returning to Ireland where he became the Professor of Ecclesiastical History and of Higher Mathematics and Physics at All Hallows College in Dublin; subsequently taking up a post as Professor of Moral Theology at the Irish College in Paris. O'Farrell returned to Ireland in 1903 and for the next ten years conducted missions and retreats based from the Vincentian Parish at Phibsboro, in Dublin.
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