John McEvilly
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John McEvilly (1818–1902) was an Irish Roman Catholic Church clergyman who served as the Archbishop of Tuam from 1881 to 1902.
He was born on 15 April 1818 in Louisburgh,[1] a small town near Westport, County Mayo, Ireland.[2] He entered the Seminary of Tuam in January 1833, then was sent to Maynooth College in September 1833, where among his contemporaries was the future Archbishop of Armagh Joseph Dixon.[2] In 1842, McEvilly was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Tuam.[1]
On 9 January 1857, he was appointed the Bishop of Galway by the Holy See and was consecrated on 22 March 1857 by the Most Reverend John MacHale, Archbishop of Tuam.[1][3] While as Bishop of Galway, McEvilly was appointed the Apostolic Administrator of Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora in September 1866[4] and appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Tuam on 11 January 1878.[1] On the death of Archbishop MacHale, he succeeded as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Tuam on 7 November 1881.[1][5]
He was instrumental in setting up St Joseph's Industrial School, Letterfrack,[citation needed] and he produced a number of well respected Bible commentaries.[6]
Archbishop McEvilly died in office on 26 November 1902, aged 84.[1][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Archbishop Francis John McEvilly". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ^ a b Brady 1876, The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 2, p. 233.
- ^ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 430.
- ^ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 430, 436, and 444.
- ^ a b Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 444.
- ^ "An Exposition of the Gospels". ecatholic2000.com.
Bibliography
[edit]- Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 2. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace.
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- MacEvilly, John (1879). An Exposition of the Gospel of St. John consisting of an analysis of each chapter and of a Commentary critical, exegetical, doctrinal and moral. Dublin Gill & Son.
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