Richard Luke Concanen

The Most Reverend Richard Luke Concanen O.P.
Bishop of New York
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Province	Baltimore
Diocese	New York
Appointed	April 8, 1808
Term ended	June 19, 1810
Successor	John Connolly, O.P.
Orders
Ordination	December 20, 1770
Consecration	April 24, 1808 by Cardinal Michele di Pietro
Personal details
Born	December 27, 1747 Kilbegnet, County Meath, Kingdom of Ireland
Died	June 19, 1810 (aged 62) Naples, Kingdom of Naples
Buried	Church of San Domenico Maggiore, Naples
Nationality	Irish
Denomination	Roman Catholic

Richard Luke Concanen, O.P. (December 27, 1747 – June 19, 1810), was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as the first bishop of the Diocese of New York (1808–1810).

Richard Concanen was born in Kilbegnet, County Galway, then in the Kingdom of Ireland, a descendant of the Uí Díarmata dynasty. He completed his theological studies in Italy at age 17. (note, V.F. O'Daniel says he likely studied at the Dominican College in Louvain before joining the order at the age of eighteen or nineteen, and taking the name of "Luke"). He was ordained a Dominican priest on December 22, 1770, at the Lateran Basilica. He then served as a professor (and later prior) at the Dominican convent of St. Clement's in Rome, librarian of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, and secretary of the Dominican province of Great Britain, while also serving as the agent of the Irish bishops. Concanen was fluent in Italian, and also knew Irish, English, Latin, French, and German.

Pope Pius VI nominated Concanen as Bishop of Kilfenora and Apostolic Administrator of Kilmacduagh in 1798, but the latter declined due to his delicate health.

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