Stephen A. Kelly Explained

Stephen A. Kelly
Order:7th
Office:List of presidents of Loyola University MarylandPresident of Loyola College in Maryland
Termstart:1871
Termend:1877
Predecessor:Edward Henchy
Successor:Edward A. McGurk
Honorific Prefix:The Reverend
Birth Date:26 December 1833
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Death Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Honorific Suffix:S.J.

Stephen A. Kelly, S.J. (December 26, 1833 – February 13, 1910) was an Irish-American Catholic priest and Jesuit.

Early life

Stephen A. Kelly was born on December 26, 1833, in Dublin, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He entered the Society of Jesus and proceeded to the Jesuit novitiate in Frederick, Maryland, US.

Academic career

Kelly became a professor at Georgetown University and Gonzaga College in Washington, D.C. He then became the assistant superior of Woodstock College, before being appointed the President of Loyola College in Maryland and ex officio pastor of St. Ignatius Church in January 1871, succeeding Edward Henchy.

Later years

In 1881, Kelly became the pastor of Holy Trinity Church in Washington, D.C.[1] He died on February 13, 1910, at the rectory of Old St. Joseph's Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Notes and References

  1. Gillespie. Kevin. Kevin Gillespie (academic). December 6, 2015. From the Pastor's Desk. live. Holy Trinity Catholic Church Bulletin. Washington, D.C.. Holy Trinity Catholic Church. 2. https://web.archive.org/web/20181216001030/http://trinity.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/December-6-2015.pdf. December 16, 2018. January 4, 2019.