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Bergin, William, 1618-, former Jesuit Priest
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- William Bourgoyne
- Bergonis
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Dates of existence
1618-
History
Born: 1618, Kilkenny City, County Kilkenny
Entered: 07 May 1646, St Andrea, Rome, Italy (ROM)
Ordained: ??
Died post 1670
Left Society of Jesus: 1658
◆ George Oliver Towards Illustrating the Biography of the Scotch, English and Irish Members SJ
BOURGOYNE, WILLIAM All that I discover of this Father is that he was born in 1618; that in 1640 he was teaching Grammar at Waterford, and that he deserved the character of “vir prudentiae vere Religiosae”.
◆ CATSJ A-H has Irish; DOB 1618 Ossory; Ent St Andrea Rome 07/05/1646 or Aug; RIP after 1653 (poss 18/01/1653)
Ordained before entry ?? having studied at Alcala; 1st Vows at Kilkenny 26/07/1648 - was accused of turpitude at Kilkenny!;
Read 4 years of Theology
1649 was in Waterford - Teacher, Confessor, Preacher and Missionary
Names mentioned in ANG Cat 1651 as one who might be Superior of Irish Seminary in Spain, being then in 4th year Theology at Alcala
◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
DOB 1618 Ossory; Ent 1646 Rome; RIP post 1650
1649 At Waterford; A very religious man; He had studied at Alcalá (cf Foley’s Collectanea)
In pen beside entry
Ent Rome, 25/07/1643; RIP c 1674 at Leghorn (ARSI)
◆ Calendar of MacErlean Transcipts Addenda Irishmen who entered Rome and Spain 1561-1772 (Finegan)
Father William Bergin 33 all theology
07 May 1646 Entered St Andrea Rome
◆ Francis Finegan SJ Biographical Dictionary 1598-1773
Son of William Bergin and Honora O’Connor, was born in Kilkenny and entered the Society at Rome, May 7, 1646 when he was already a priest. He had been educated at the Irish College in Rome.
He returned to Iereland after his Noviceship and was teaching in Waterford at the time of Father Verdier;s Visitation of the Mission, 1649.
Under the Cromwellian regime he was banished to Spain, 1652, but left the Society in the Province of Andalusia, 1658.
Afterwards, according to Father Stephen Rice, Father Bergin:-
“came to Leghorn in Italy, where for many years he lived, known for his praiseworthy life and spending himself for the conversion of English heretics who came there to trade. He died there a few years ago”.Father Roice wrote this in 1678.
◆ Henry Foley - Records of the English province of The Society of Jesus Vol VII
BERGIN, WILLIAM, Father (Irish), a native of Ossory, born ....; entered the Society 1646 in Rome, and was sent a novice to the Irish Mission, where he took bis vows as a scholastic in 1648. Made two years philosophy and four of scholastic theology. Knew Italian, Irish, English, and Latin Taught humanities for onc year; soon afterwards was a preacher, missioner, and confessor. (Irish Catalogue for 1650 in Archives, Rome.)
◆ Henry Foley - Records of the English province of The Society of Jesus Vol VII
BOURGOYNE, WILLIAM, Father (Irish), was born 1618. In 1649 he was teaching grammar at Waterford. A truly prudent and religious man. (Oliver, Irish Section, from Stonyhurst MSS.)