Pelly, Michael C, 1907-1990, Jesuit priest and chaplain

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Pelly, Michael C, 1907-1990, Jesuit priest and chaplain

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  • Mick Pelly
  • 栢顯忠神父
  • Pelly, Michael Cornelius

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09 July 1907-20 August 1990

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Born: 09 July 1907, Central Hotel, Ballina, County Mayo
Entered: 01 September 1924, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly
Ordained: 31 July 1938, Milltown Park, Dublin
Final Vows: 02 February 1942, St Mary’s, Emo, County Laois
Died: 20 August 1990, John Austin House, North Circular Road, Dublin City

Parents then moved to the Imperial Hotel, Castlebar in 1919.

Eldest of a family of five, three boys and two girls.

Early education St Patrick’s De La Salle BNS, Castlebar and St Gerald’s College Castlebar. In September 1923 he went to Mungret College SJ

Chaplain in the Second World War.
Hong Kong

◆ Irish Province News
Irish Province News 21st Year No 1 1946
Frs. Guinane, Pelly and Perrott C. have been released from the Army. Fr. Guinane is now Minister at Mungret, Fr. Perrott is posted to Galway, and Fr. Pelly is awaiting travelling facilities to go to our Hong Kong Mission. Fr. Martin, a member also of the Mission, was to have been released from the Army on December 12th, but on the 11th be met with a serious accident in Belfast (see letter below). Fr. Provincial went to Belfast on Wednesday, January 9th, to visit him at the Royal Victoria Hospital. Fr. C. Murphy hopes to start on his homeward journey from Austria on January 14th and to be released from the Army by the end of January.

Irish Province News 22nd Year No 1 1947

Departures for Mission Fields in 1946 :
4th January : Frs. P. J. O'Brien and Walsh, to North Rhodesia
25th January: Frs. C. Egan, Foley, Garland, Howatson, Morahan, Sheridan, Turner, to Hong Kong
25th July: Fr. Dermot Donnelly, to Calcutta Mission
5th August: Frs, J. Collins, T. FitzGerald, Gallagher, D. Lawler, Moran, J. O'Mara, Pelly, Toner, to Hong Kong Mid-August (from Cairo, where he was demobilised from the Army): Fr. Cronin, to Hong Kong
6th November: Frs. Harris, Jer. McCarthy, H. O'Brien, to Hong Kong

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Article in 'The Mungret Annual' by Fr Michael Pelly SJ entitled ‘Adventure Glorious’ which details his time as chaplain in the Second World War (pp157-163).

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Irish Vice-Province of the Society of Jesus, 1830- (1830-)

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