Born: 1615, New Ross, County Wexford
Entered: 27 August 1637, St Andrea, Rome, Italy (ROM)

Left Society of Jesus: 21 August 1638

◆ Calendar of MacErlean Transcipts Addenda Irishmen who entered Rome and Spain 1561-1772 (Finegan)
Patrick Archer 23
27 August 1637 Entered St Andrea Rome; Dism. 21/08/1638

◆ Francis Finegan SJ Biographical Dictionary 1598-1773

Born at New Ross, 1615, entered the Novitiate at St Andrea, Rome, August 27, 1637, but left the Novitiate August 21 of the following year.

He left some brief account of his life before his admission at St Andrea: he was the son of Matthew Archer deceased, and his wife Mary Sheard. He was an only child.

A ship's captain had paid his passage from Ireland to Rome but had not yet been reimbursed.