Volume: CBÉ 0463 (Part 2)

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   “In May 1846 - Right Rev. Bishop Brown of the Diocese of Elphin administered the sacrament of confirmation to 145 persons...”

   

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   Year 1846. In the Arch Diocess - as then spelled - of Tuam there were 62 Parishes. His Grace the Most Rev Dr John McHale DD was Archbishop of Tuam.

   Venerable Chapter of the Archdiocese of Tuam -

   Dean, Very Rev Bernard Burke,P.P, Westport: Chancellor
   Very Rev Martin Loftus. DD, P.P, Dunmore
   Archdeacon James McHale PP, Kilcommon &Robin

   St Jarlath's College Tuam.
   President - Very Rev A. O Regan
   Professors - Rev Thomas Kielty, Rev John McEvily and Rev PJ. O Brien

   Terms - for lay boarders £26 a year
   Ecclesiastical students £20 year.
   The number of ecclesiastics is about ninety, from different parts of Ireland.
   Attached to the Nunnery Loughrea there is a school in which hundreds of the poor female children receive a liberal and religious education.
   The Community of the Carmelite Convent of the town are - The Rev. William Fahey, Prior - Rev M. Gannon Rev P. O Reilly and Rev P O Loughlin.

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   • Thomas Hurley