Nowlan, Henry Stanislaus, 1718-1791, Jesuit priest
- IE IJA J/1836
- Person
- 11 April 1718-03 December 1791
Born: 11 April 1718, Dublin City, County Dublin
Entered: 30 July 1746, St Andrea, Rome, Italy (ROM)
Ordained: 30 July 1744, Rome, Italy - pre Entry
Final Vows: 15 August 1756
Died: 03 December 1791, Townsend St, Dublin
Had been a student of the Irish College Rome before Ent and Ordained in 1744
1760-1766 Rector Irish College Rome - in 1762 was Irish Agent in Rome and in communication with Fr Ricci (cf Fr Ward letter to Fr Betagh)
1766 Living outside ROM
◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
1757 he was no doubt the “Enrico Nolan” who preached before the Pope (cf de Backer “Biblioth. des Écrivains SJ” under “Rome”) This view is confirmed by the fact that he was a friend of Father Thorpe, who went to Rome in 1756,
1773 In Dublin at the time of the Suppression, and one of the fifteen Irish Professed Fathers who signed an agreement on the Feast of Aloysius, 1776, to preserve the Mission funds for the Society, which they hoped to see restored.
1784 On 31/07/1754 he along with Richard O’Callaghan and Paul Power were named legatees and executors in John Fullam’s will.
1785 An Irish convert and friend of his, Thomas Smyth, writes from Angers to the “Rev H Nowlan, 20 Fleet St , Dublin” and says he “had a letter from father Thorpe, nothing new, ad if any thing, will let him know”. He writes again in 1788 to “Rev H Nowlan, 122 Townsend St, Dublin”, and says “Mr Thorpe was well when I heard. My children are at the Academy of Liège (probably Charles and Harry Smyth - cf “Records SJ”, Intro, Vol vii, p li and lii). My brother has a leaning towards Catholicity and wants me to join him in selling our property in Ireland and settling here. Please get my Pedigree done, as my son is going to be a Chevalier de Malte”.
1789 On 20/01/1789 - Henry Stanislaus Nowlan, of Townsend St in the city of Dublin, gent, in his will desires to be buried in his family burial place in St Peter’s Churchyard” and leaved his property to Father O’Halloran )ex-Jesuit) and Mr O’Callaghan, flour merchant, and brother of the Jesuit, no doubt for the Societatis Ressurrectura. (From HIB Archives and Bracken’s “Memoirs of the Suppression”)
Fr Betagh wrote to Father Stone that all the fathers in Ireland at the time of the Suppression were Professed, so I had put Father Nowland down as such, as he was in Ireland 1768 and 1772 (Hogan’s note)
◆ Fr Francis Finegan SJ :
Had studied at Irish College in Rome and was Ordained there 30 July 1744
1748-1752 After First Vows he was sent for Regency to Ascoli teaching Humanities
1752-1754 He was sent to hold a Chair of Philosophy at Ancona
1754-1757 Sent to Rome as Prefect of Studies at the Irish College, and a year later appointed to teach Philosophy at the Roman College
1757-1759 He was sent to the English College as Prefect of Studies
1759-1766 Rector Irish College Rome on 16 September 1759
1766 Hard to determine his movements. It was said in ROM Catalogue that he was in England, but this is questionable. He was back in Ireland at the time of the Suppression, and was one of the ex-Jesuit signatories who accepted on this on 07 January 1774 At the Dublin brief.
1774 He was then incardinated in the Dublin diocese where he served successively as Curate at Mary's Lane and Townsend Street Chapels. He died at the latter sometime between 20th January and 27th June 1789
Up to the time of his death he took an active part in the discussions and resolutions of the Dublin ex-Jesuits concerning the funds of the former Society which they administered in trust against the hoped-for day of the 'Society's Restoration
◆ James B Stephenson SJ Menologies 1973
Father Henry Nowlan SJ 1715-1791
Fr Henry Nowlan was one of the trustees of the Mission Funds after the Suppression.
He worked as a secular priest in St Michan’s Dublin and died in Townsend Street Dublin in 1791.
◆ MacErlean Cat Miss HIB SJ 1670-1770
Loose Note :
Henry Nowlan
Those marked with were working in Dublin when on 07 February 1774 they subscribed their submission to the Brief of Suppression
John Ward was unavoidably absent and subscribed later
Michael Fitzgerald, John St Leger and Paul Power were stationed at Waterford
Nicholas Barron and Joseph Morony were stationed at Cork
Edward Keating was then PP in Wexford
◆ MacErlean Cat Miss HIB SJ 1670-1770
1746 ROM Cat
Novitiate Rome
“Henricus Nowlan”
Born 11/04/1718 Dublin
Entered 30/07/1746
Has completed his studies’ Novice
1749 ROM Cat
Collegium Ascoli
“Henricus Stanislaus Nowlan”
Born 11/04/1718 Dublin age 31
Entered 30/07/1746, 3 years
Studied Rhetoric 1, Philosophy 3, Theoilogy 4 before entry; Doctor of Theology; Teaching Grammar 1
1754 ROM Cat
Collegium Ancona
“Henricus Nowlan”
Born 11/04/1718 Aged 36 Dublin
Entered 30/07/1746 in Society 8
Studied Rhetoric 2, Philosophy 3, Theology 4 before entry; Doctor of Theology; Teaching Grammar 4, Philosophy 2
1758 ROM Cat
Collegium Romanum
“Henricus Nowlan”
Born 10/04/1718 Aged 36 Dublin
Entered 13/07/1746 in Society 8
Professed Four Vows 15/08/1756
Studied Rhetoric 2, Philosophy 3, Theology 4 before entry; Doctor of Theology; Teaching Grammar 4, Philosophy 5
1761 ROM Cat
Irish College Rome
“Henricus Stanislaus Nowlan”
Born 11/04/1718 Dublin
Entered 30/07/1746
Professed Four Vows 15/08/1756
Studied Rhetoric 2, Philosophy 3, Theology 4 before entry; Doctor of Theology; Teaching Grammar 4, Philosophy 5’ Prefect in English College 1; Rector 2; Doctor of Philosophy and Theology
1764 ROM Cat
Irish College Rome
“Henricus Stanislaus Nowlan”
Born 11/04/1718 Dublin
Entered 30/07/1746
Professed Four Vows 15/08/1756
Studied Rhetoric 2, Philosophy 3, Theology 4 before entry; Doctor of Theology; Teaching Grammar 4, Philosophy 5; Prefect and lecturing in Cases in English College 1; Rector 5; Doctor of Philosophy and Theology
Loose Note :
Henry Nowlan
Those marked with were working in Dublin when on 07/02/1774 they subscribed their submission to the Brief of Suppression
John Ward was unavoidably absent and subscribed later
Michael Fitzgerald, John St Leger and Paul Power were stationed at Waterford
Nicholas Barron and Joseph Morony were stationed at Cork
Edward Keating was then PP in Wexford
◆ Menology of the Society of Jesus: The English Speaking Assistancy
July 30
Father Henry Stanislaus Nowlan was born in Dublin, on the aath of April, 1718, entered the Society in the Roman Province, on the 30th of July, 1746, and took the three vows on the 15th of August, 1756. He was the " Enrico Nowlan " who preached before the Pope in the following year.
Father Nowlan returned afterwards to Ireland, and was staying in Dublin at the time of the Suppression. He was, in 1776, one of the fifteen Irish Professed Fathers who signed an agreement on the feast of St. Aloysius, to preserve the Mission funds for the Society, and who did not despair of seeing it restored. On the 31st of July, 1784, the ex-Jesuits, Henry Nowlan, R. O'Callaghan, and Paul Power, were named legatees and executors in Father Fulham's will. In 1785, an Irish convert and friend of his, named Thomas Smyth, writes from Angers, to the Rev. H. Nowlan, 20, Fleet Street, Dublin, announcing that “he has received a letter from Father Thorpe, containing nothing new, but that if anything happens he will let him know”. In 1788, he writes again to the Rev. H. Nowlan, residing at Townsend Street, Dublin, and says: “Mr. Thorpe was well when I heard; my children are at the Academy of Liege ; my brother has
a leaning to Catholicity, and wants me to join him in selling our property in Ireland and settling here. Please get my pedigree done, as my son is going to be a Chevalier de Malte”. On the 20th of January, 1789, Henry Stanislaus Nowlan, of Townsend Street, in the city of Dublin, states, in his will, that he desires to be buried in his family burial-place, in St. Peter's Churchyard”, and leaves his property to Father O'Halloran, an ex-Jesuit, and Mr. O'Callaghan, flour merchant, brother of the Jesuit, no doubt for the Societas Resurrectura. He died in Dublin, a.d. 1791. The two children of Mr. Thomas Smyth here indicated were, in all probability, Charles Smyth and Henry Smyth, who were entered in the status of the Liege Academy for 1776, as belonging to the class of Poetry and of Syntax respectively.