Born: 01 September 1812, Camerino, Macerata, Italy
Entered: 27 November 1833, St Andrea, Rome, Italy - Romanae Province (ROM)
Ordained: 1843
Final vows: 02 February 1845
Died: 04 December 1874, Lyon, France - Venetae Province (VEM)

Came to HIB in 1861 working at St Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin.

Born: 22 November 1722, Dublin City, County Dublin
Entered: 30 July 1746, St Andrea, Rome, Italy - Romanae Province (ROM)
Ordained: 1747, Rome Italy
Final Vows: 15 August1757
Died: 25 April 1768, Roman College, Rome, Italy - Romanae Province (ROM)

◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
1758 Preached the Passion Sermon in the presence of the Pope

◆ Fr Francis Finegan Sj :
Had already studied at the Irish College Rome and was Ordained there before Ent 30 July 1747 Rome

After First Vows he taught Humanities for two years.
1750-1756 Lectured Philosophy successively at Sorano, Recanati and Macerata
1756-1761 Chair of Philosophy at the Roman College
1761-1765 Prefect of Studies at Roman College, and died in Office 25 April 1768

Born: 25 November 1638, Craddockstown, County Kildare
Entered: 01 December 1658, St Andrea, Rome, Italy - Romanae Province (ROM)
Ordained: 1669, Palermo, Sicily
Final Vows: 02 February 1676
Died: 30 January 1700, Irish College, Rome, Italy - Romanae Province (ROM)

1675-1686 at Fermo College (ROM) teaching Philosophy and Grammar - and 1681 teaching Theology at Macerata College
1693-1700 At Irish College in Rome taught Theology, Philosophy and Humanities : Rector 1695-1698

◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
1692-1695 Rector at Rome. While there in 1692, he received letters from Fathers Relly and Wesly at Poitiers. He sought and procured for the “meritorious and afflicted Irish Mission” 50,000 reales from Fr Emmanuel de Sylva SJ, Lisbon. In 1693 he received a further letter from Father Relly, which was directed to the Greek College, Rome. On 05 February 1695, he received from Father Ininger of Ingolstadt, 500 scudi, or 1,000 florins for the Irish Mission.
In 1690 he was at Poitiers when his nephew William, a lieutenant Sir Maurice Eustace’s infantry writes to tell him that his brother has been killed at the siege of Limerick, “riding as a volunteer”. He also asks him to get him transferred into Tyrconnell’s Horse, in which regiment he would have less work and more pay.
1697 There is a petition against him by his sister-in-law, Mrs Eustace at Craddockstown.

◆ Fr Francis Finegan SJ :
Son of William and Jane née Whyte (daughter of Nicholas Whyte at Leixlip)
Had already studied Philosophy at Antwerp before Ent 02 December 1658 Rome
After First Vows he was sent for Regency at Fermo, and then studied Theology at Palermo where he was Ordained c 1669
1669-1671 Sent teaching at Ascoli
1671-1672 Tertianship at Florence
1672-1678 Taught Philosophy and Theology at Fermo, and also spent one year during that time as Penitentiary at Loreto
1679-1681 Sent to Macerata College to teach Philosophy
1681-1683 Sent to Irish College Rome as Prefect of Studies
1683-1684 Sent to Fermo College again to teach Dogmatic Theology
1684-1690 Sent to Ireland and was appointed Superior of the Dublin Residence and school, and was also made a Consultor of the Mission, and was though to be a very suitable candidate for Mission Superior. He remained there until the Williamite conquest, and the Mission Superior Lynch sent him to Rome as Procurator of the Irish Mission. On the way he spent a year at Poitiers to attend to urgent financial business of the Mission in the immediate aftermath of the fall of Dublin.
1691 Arrived in Rome and proved himself a tower of strength of the mission during the darkening years that preceded the penal times acting as procurator of the Irish Mission.
1694 Appointed Rector of Irish College Rome 10 October 1694 and died in office 30 January 1700.

Died: 27 September 1608, Recanati, Italy - Romamae Province (ROM)

◆ In Old/15 (1) and CATSJ A-H

Born: c1606, Ireland
Entered: 11 June 1626, St Andrea, Rome, Italy (ROM)
Ordained: 1637,

Left Society of Jesus: 04 January 1646

◆ In Chronological Catalogue Sheet as Ent 1626

◆ Old/15 (1) has on one copy (13) one Ent 11/06/1626 RIP after 1645

◆ Old/17 has “Gionsono” Ent 11/06/1626 St Andrea

◆ CATSJ I-Y has DOB 1608 Irish; Ent 1626 or 1629 St Andrea;
1636 at Roman College Studying Philosophy 3 years, Theology 2 years and taught Grammer - talented teacher
1639 At Perugia College teaching Humanities
1642-1645 At Loreto College (College Illyricum) - talent is excellent, fit for any post except Superior as is in delicate health

1678 Lived in Dublin, a native of the northern parts of Ireland (Fr N Netterville states that he knew him)
1698 Is said to be living in March at Mr Synnott’s in Merchant’s Quay Dublin.

◆ Calendar of MacErlean Transcipts Addenda Irishmen who entered Rome and Spain 1561-1772 (Finegan)
Henry Johnson 21
11 June 1626 Entered St Andrea Rome

◆ Francis Finegan SJ Biographical Dictionary 1598-1773

He was born in Ireland c 1606 and was brought to Europe while still a child and educated there. He entered the Society at Rome, June 11, 1626

After his Noviceship he studied Philosophy for three years at the Roman College, and was then sent for a short period of Regency to the College of Macerata. He resumed his ecclesiastical studies at the Roman College, 1633, and was ordained priest c 1637. He was then sent to teach Humanities at the College of Perugia, where he remained until 1641 when he went to Florence to make his Tertianship. On the completion of the latter he was assigned to the Illyrian College at Loreto.

Ever snce 1633, Johnson had been in poor health. Six years later he succeeded to a family inheritence and was alloed by the General to make an act of renunciation in favour of his mother. His request to the General to make the act of renunciation with reversion to himself was refused. After November 1643, a frequent correspondence shows that Johnson again was in feeble health and wavering in his vocation. He was persuaded to stay in the Society, bit finally left January 4, 1646.

Some years earlier, Father Robert Nugent was intetested in Johnson’s joining the irish Misison. The General was also of the opinion that his health might improve in Ireland. Johnson, however, no longer knew either Irish or English and represented to the General that he could not hope to exercise a fruitful ministry there, much less hide the fact that he was a foreigner in his native country.