About Francis Kelly
Lived 1812 – 1889 (aged 77). Francis Kelly was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Francis Kelly was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the 19th century.
Kelly was born in Drudgeon, County Tyrone on 6 August 1812 He was educated at St Patrick's College, Maynooth and ordained on 13 June 1840. After curacies in Strabane and Culdaff he was parish priest at Upper Fahan. He served as Coadjutor Bishop of Derry from 1849 until 1864, and then Diocesan Bishop of Derry until his death on 1 September 1889.
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Roman Catholic bishop
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Francis Kelly was born on 6 August 1812.
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Francis Kelly died on 1 September 1889.
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Francis Kelly was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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· DBpedia: Francis Kelly (bishop of Derry)
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