Thomas Kelly (archbishop of Armagh)

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Thomas Kelly

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Archbishop of Armagh
Primate of All Ireland
Archdiocese Armagh
Installed1832
Term ended1835 (died)
Predecessor Michael Kieran
Successor William Crolly
Orders
Ordination(Priest)
Consecration27 Aug 1826 (Bishop)
Personal details
Born1781
Died14 Jan 1835
County Armagh
NationalityIrish
Denomination Roman Catholic Church
Previous post(s) Bishop of Dromore
Alma mater Maynooth College
Styles of
Thomas Kelly
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Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Grace or Archbishop

Thomas Kelly (died 1835) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Dromore from 1826 to 1828 and Archbishop of Armagh from 1828 to 1835.

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Biography

Kelly entered Maynooth in 1814 to study for the priesthood, was ordained for the diocese of Armagh in 1820, served as Dean and Professor of Dogmatic Theology in Maynooth. [1] Kelly was elected Bishop of Dromore by the Propaganda Fide on 29 May 1826 and confirmed by Pope Leo XII on 4 June 1826. [2] [3] His episcopal ordination took place on 27 August 1826. [3]

Two years later, he was made coadjutor archbishop of Armagh, with right of succession, on 1 December 1828. [3] [4] [5]

He retained administration of the Diocese of Dromore until Michael Blake was appointed Bishop of Dromore in 1833. [3] [4] On the death of Archbishop Patrick Curtis of Armagh on 26 July 1832, Kelly automatically succeeded as archbishop. [5] [6] [7]

He died in office on 13 January 1835. [5] [6] [7]

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References

  1. Thomas Kelly by Desmond McCabe, Dictionary of Irish Biography.
  2. Brady 1876, The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 1, p. 305.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 425.
  4. 1 2 Brady 1876, The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 1, p. 231.
  5. 1 2 3 "Archbishop Thomas Kelly". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  6. 1 2 Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 416.
  7. 1 2 Brady 1876, The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 1, p. 232.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Dromore
1826–1828
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Armagh
and Primate of All Ireland

1832–1835
Succeeded by