Kelly, Stephen A, 1833-1910, Jesuit priest
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- 26 December 1833-13 February 1910
Born: 26 December 1833, Dublin City, County Dublin
Entered: 13 August 1850, Frederick, MD, USA - Marylandiae Province (MAR)
Ordained: 02 July 1866
Final Vows: 15 August 1870
Died: 13 February 1910, St Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, PA, USA - Marylandiae Neo Eboracensis Province (MARNEB)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_A._Kelly
Stephen A. Kelly, S.J. (December 26, 1833 – February 13, 1910) was an Irish-American Catholic priest and Jesuit.
Early life
Stephen A. Kelly was born on December 26, 1833, in Dublin, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He entered the Society of Jesus and proceeded to the Jesuit novitiate in Frederick, Maryland, US.[1]
Academic career
Kelly became a professor at Georgetown University and Gonzaga College in Washington, D.C. He then became the assistant superior of Woodstock College, before being appointed the President of Loyola College in Maryland and ex officio pastor of St. Ignatius Church in January 1871, succeeding Edward Henchy.[2]
Later years
In 1881, Kelly became the pastor of Holy Trinity Church in Washington, D.C.[3] He died on February 13, 1910, at the rectory of Old St. Joseph's Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1]
References
Citations
Obituary 1910, p. 518
Ryan 1903, p. 81
Gillespie, Kevin (December 6, 2015). "From the Pastor's Desk" (PDF). Holy Trinity Catholic Church Bulletin. Washington, D.C.: Holy Trinity Catholic Church. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 16, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
Sources
"Obituary". America. II (19). February 19, 1910. Archived from the original on December 17, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019 – via Google Books.
Ryan, John J. (1903). Historical sketch of Loyola college, Baltimore, 1852–1902. OCLC 1615190. Retrieved December 17, 2019 – via Internet Archive.