Barrett, Richard, 1604-, former Jesuit Priest
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Born: 1604, Kilmacduagh, County Galway
Entered: 1621, Seville, Spain (Baetica Province (BAE)
Ordained: 1630, Córdoba, Spain
Left Society of Jesus: 21 May 1644 from Cadiz, Spain
◆ Francis Finegan SJ Biographical Dictionary 1598-1773
Born in Galway, 1604, was received into the Society at the Novitiate of Seville, 1622. He studied Philosophy and Theology at Córdoba, where he was ordained priest, 1630.
On the completion of his studies he was appointed Minister at the Irish College, Seville, where he remained for two years, 1631-1633. He spent the following year at Madrid and returned to Ireland, 1634.
Appointed to the Mission in Connaught, he spent seven years there and then he returned to his Province of Andalusia. He was again assigned to the Irish College, Seville, and two years later as operarius to Cadiz, where he left the Society in 1644.