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Born: 1610: Drogheda, County Louth
Entered: 1641: Villagarcía, Galicia, Spain - Castellanae Province (CAST)
Died: 24 August 1660: Bergara College, Gipuzkoa, Spain - Castellanae Province (CAST)

1642 A Novice coadjutor at Villagarcía Age 32
1645 At Salamanca College “adjutor procuratoris”
1649 In Spain
1651 At Burgos, companion of the Procurator
1658 At Bergara College CAST

◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
His letters of 1647 and 1651 are at Salamanca

◆ Fr Francis Finegan SJ ;
After First Vows at Villagarcía he was Sent as assistant to the Procurator at the Royal College Salamanca, and over the next fifteen years he held similar posts at Burgos and lastly Vergara (Bergara), where he died 24 August 1660

Born: 11 November 1633, Waterford City, County Waterford
Entered: 07 November 1651, Villagarcía, Galicia, Spain - Castellanae Province (CAST)
Ordained: c 1661, Valladolid, Spain
Final Vows: 15 August 1675
Died: 18 June 1693, Waterford Residence, Waterford City, County Waterford

1658 At Bergara College teaching Grammar CAST. Has good talent, much progress in Philosophy. Age 25 Soc 7
1660 At Valladolid in Theology
His name appears on several books showing he belonged to Waterford Residence (Foley 836)
Could be referring to a Martin Francis White who enters in 1671

◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
Father Morris’s “Excerpts” give the RIP date
There are several books in Waterford College with his name and the words “Resid Waterford SJ”

◆ Fr Francis Finegan SJ :
1653-1657 After First Vows he was sent to study Philosophy (in which he showed-talent)) and then to Vergara (Basque Bergara) for Regency (1655-1675)
1657-1661 He was sent to St Ambrose, Valladolid for Theology and was Ordained there c 1661.
1661-1666 After completing formation he was made a Naval Chaplain, and according to a report “gave proof of mature and heroic virtue in an engagement in the Spring of 1664”
1666-1670/71 He was to have taken up the Rectorship at the Irish College, Seville, but the General changed his mind and appointed Ignatius Lombard instead. He instead succeeded Lombard as Procurator at Madrid
1670/71 Sent to Ireland and Waterford where he worked zealously until his death there 08 June 1693