The Clergy of the Diocese of Derry

Daly, Edward; Devlin, Kieran

ISBN 10: 1851823352 / ISBN 13: 9781851823352

Published by Four Courts Press, Dublin, 1997

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Saints associated with the see; bishops and abbots; priests to the sixteenth century; and a virtually complete list of the clergy and parish staffing for the period 1800 - 1996. Pages [xii, including frontispiece map of parishes of Derry]; 218. Seller Inventory # 012690

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Clergy of the Diocese of Derry

Publisher: Four Courts Press, Dublin

Publication Date: 1997

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis:

This new, revised, expanded, and updated edition of a book first published in 1997 includes comprehensive entries on saints associated with the See; bishops (including monastic bishops) and abbots; priests from the earliest period to the sixteenth century (the sources of which are the annals and canonical documents in the main). The later listings, which are virtually complete, cover the period 1800-2008. This book provides information useful for the study of ecclesiastical, parish, local and famine history. It also contains information important to the Celticist and medievalist.

Synopsis:

The first fruits of Daly's efforts to lay a foundation for a history of the Irish diocese of Derry, which he began in 1993 when he himself stepped down as Bishop of Derry and became Diocesan Archivist. He has assembled alphabetic lists of saints associated with the diocese, bishops, abbots of the various monasteries, and priests between 1535 and th