Born: 1948

Ordained: 1972

Ordained Bishop of Killala on 7 th April, 2002

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Born in 1948 in Ardpatrick, Co. Limerick, Bishop John Fleming attended Ardpatrick N.S, and St Munchin's College, Limerick.
He studied for the priesthood at St Patrick's College, Maynooth and was ordained in 1972.

After ordination he was appointed curate in St. Michael's Limerick. A year later he was appointed Assistant Diocesan Secretary.

In September 1974 he went to Rome and London for studies in Matrimonial Canon Law.
On his return he was appointed Diocesan Secretary and Notary at Limerick Marriage Tribunal.

In September 1979 he went to study Canon Law at the Gregorian University in Rome.
Two years later he was re-appointed Diocesan Secretary, having obtained his Licentiate in Canon Law, and soon afterwards he was appointed Diocesan Financial Administrator.

In September 1985 he was sent to Rome to begin his Doctorate in Canon Law, and soon afterwards he was also appointed Director of Formation in The Irish College. In August 1987 he was appointed Vice – Rector.
In September 1993 he was made a Prelate of Honor by Pope John Paul I I.
In 1997 he was awarded a Doctorate in Canon Law from the Gregorian University.

He was ordained Bishop of Killala on 7 th April 2002

Bishop Fleming is President of Cura and a member of the Finance and General Purpose Committee of the Episcopal Conference.
He also has responsibility for the Annual Day for Life, as well as for making submissions to the Law Reform Commission.

Bishop Fleming's writings include: The Pope in Limerick (1980);

Ardpatrick Co Limerick, Leinster Leader, Naas, (1979); St John's Cathedral, Limerick, Four Courts Press (1987); St Munchin's College, Limerick 1796- 1996 (with Seán O'Grady), Limerick Leader Press (1996). Gille of Limerick, Architect of a Medieval Church, Four Courts Press, (2001)