Anthony Caffry

Anthony Caffry (died 1811), sometimes spelled Caffrey and recorded in Vatican documents as McCaffrey, and entered the Dominican Order in Esker in County Galway in 1777. Following his ordination, Father Caffry received a Doctor of Divinity degree from the Sorbonne in Paris. For these two lots, he paid 80 pounds to its seller, the United States government. During its establishment, he insisted that Leonard Neale, the coadjutor bishop of Baltimore, order the entire City of Washington be included within the territory of the parish. For ten years, Caffry resided as pastor of St. Patrick's in Washington. He resigned in 1804 when the parish required construction of a larger church, He was then reassigned to New York, staying only three years before returning to Ireland. In 1811, he died suddenly in Dublin.