Denis Kelly, Doctor of Divinity (b Nenagh 12 January 1852; d Cobh 18 April 1924) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop.[1]
Kelly was educated at St Flannan's College, Ennis, Co. Clare (the Killaloe diocesan seminary) and Le Collège des Irlandais, Paris.[2] He was ordained priest on 17 March 1877 and appointed curate of Roscrea after which he was a teacher at his old school, rising to be its head.[3] He was Bishop of Ross[4] from 1897[5] until his death.[6] Kelly was a member of the Agricultural Board for Ireland from 1900 to 1921; theRoyal Commissioner on Poor Laws and the Relief of Distress, from 1906 to 1909; and of the Cabinet Committee on Irish Finance from 1911 to 1913. He is buried in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Skibbereen.[7]
References edit
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ "Kelly, Denis". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 14 February 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Kelly, Denis". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 February 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Diocese of Ross". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, pp. 442–443.
- ^ Moody, Martin & Byrne 1984, A New History of Ireland, volume IX, pp. 367–368.
- ^ Kelly Clan, Ireland
Bibliography edit
- 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.
- Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J., eds. (1984). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History, Part II. New History of Ireland. Vol. 9. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-821745-5.
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