Brendan Comiskey
His Lordship The Most Rev. Brendan Comiskey | |
|---|---|
| Bishop Emeritus of Ferns | |
| Archdiocese | Dublin |
| Diocese | Ferns |
| Appointed | 4 April 1984 |
| Term ended | 6 April 2002 |
| Predecessor | Donal Herlihy |
| Successor | Denis Brennan |
| Previous post(s) | Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin and Titular Bishop of Thibilis (1979–1984) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 25 June 1961 |
| Consecration | 20 January 1980 by Dermot Ryan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 August 1935 |
| Died | 28 April 2025 (aged 89) Dundalk, Ireland |
The Most Rev. Brendan Oliver Comiskey (13 August 1935 – 28 April 2025) was the Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Ferns. He was born in Clontibret, County Monaghan, Ireland, and received his secondary schooling at St Macartan's College.
Comiskey joined the relatively small Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary which had a missionary college at Cootehill close to his family home and was ordained on 25 June 1961. He became provincial of the Anglo-irish province of his order in 1971 and appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Dublin in 1979.
He was appointed Bishop of Ferns on 4 April 1984.
Comiskey resigned on 1 April 2002, over charges that he had failed to deal adequately with allegations that Fr. Seán Fortune and others were sexually abusing children.