Richard Luke Concanen O.P. (December 27 1747 – June 19 1810) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of New York (1808–1810).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. He was ordained a Dominican priest on December 22 1770 at the Lateran Basilica.
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