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Francis Kelly (bishop of Derry)

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Francis Kelly
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Francis Kelly was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the 19th century.

Kelly was born in Drudgeon, County Tyrone on 6 August 1812 He was educated at St Patrick's College, Maynooth and ordained on 13 June 1840. After curacies in Strabane and Culdaff he was parish priest at Upper Fahan. He served as Coadjutor Bishop of Derry from 1849 until 1864, and then Diocesan Bishop of Derry until his death on 1 September 1889.

References

  1. Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 1. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace.
  2. Fryde, Edmund Boleslav; Greenway, D.E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British chronology. Offices of the Royal Historical Society : University College. p. 422. OCLC 989682481.
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  4. "Bishop Francis Kelly". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  5. Canning, Bernard (1988). Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987. Ballyshannon: Donegal Democrat. pp. 85–88. ISBN 1870963008.
  6. Brady 1876, The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 1, p. 230 and 320.
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