Anthony McFeely explained

Anthony Columba McFeely (4 February 19097 October 1986)[1] was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.[2]

McFeely was born in Ballybofey and educated at St Columb's College, Derry.[3] He studied for the priesthood at St Patrick's College, Maynooth and the Pontifical Irish College, Rome. He was President of St Columb's from 1950 to 1959; and parish priest of Strabane from then until his appointment to the episcopate, as Bishop of Raphoe in Co.Donegal.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/raph0.htm G Catholic
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmcfeely.html Catholic Hierarchy
  3. Book: Canning, Bernard. Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987. . Donegal Democrat. 158. 1988 . 1870963008.
  4. http://homepage.eircom.net/~raphoe/bishops.html RC Bishops of Raphoe