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Wright, Matthew, 1647-1711, Jesuit priest
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- Matthew Giffard
- Matheus Wright
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20 September 1647-22 August 1711
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Born: 20 September 1647, Madrid, Spain
Entered: 18 February 1668, Watten, Belgium - Angliae Province (ANG)
Ordained: 09 April 1678
Died: 22 August 1711, Dunkirk, Hauts-de-France, France - Angliae Province (ANG)
Son of Sir Benjamin and Jane (Williams) of Cranham Hall, Essex
◆ Came with three others (Charles Petre, Joseph Plowden and Andrew Poulton) under former ANG Provincial, John Warner, in 1689-1690 and was a Missioner in Ireland, Fr Warner as Confessor, the others in schools, and preaching in the country
(Cousin of Charles Petre??)
◆ The English Jesuits 1650-1829 Geoffrey Holt SJ : Catholic Record Society 1984
1684-1687 St Omer
1689-1690 Ireland
1691-1692 Ghent
◆ George Oliver Towards Illustrating the Biography of the Scotch, English and Irish Members SJ
WRIGHT, MATTHEW, admitted on the 18th of February, 1668: was rector of Watten from 1694 to 1698 : occurs Prefect of Studies at St. Omer s College in 1704 : for the Four last years of his life was Rector of Ghent, but actually died at Dunkirk, on the 22nd of August, 1711, aet. 64.
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- Spain » Madrid
- Belgium » Watten
- France » Hauts-de-France » Dunkirk
- France » St Omer » St Omer College
- Belgium » Liège » English College (Liège)
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- Italy » Rome
- Belgium » Ghent
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- Belgium » Antwerp
- England » Essex » Kelvedon
- England » Derbyshire » Spinkhill » College of the Immaculate Conception
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