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Arthuis, Joseph, 1854-1934, Jesuit priest
Morris, John, 1826-1893, Jesuit priest
O'Donnell, Godfrey, 1939-2020, Romanian Orthodox priest and former Jesuit priest
Born: 09 November 1939, Derry, County Derry
Entered: 06 September 1957, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois
Ordained: 20 June 1971, Milltown Park, Dublin
Final Vows: 19 October 1977, Manresa House, Dollymount, Dublin
Died: 14 February 2020, Swords, County Dublin (a Romanian Orthodox priest)
Left Society of Jesus: 1986
Early education at Clongowes Wood College SJ
by 1963 at Chantilly France (GAL S) studying
by 1973 at St Louis MO, USA (MIS) studying
The funeral Mass of Fr Godfrey O'Donnell (80) the only Irishman to be ordained a priest of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Ireland, took place on Monday at St Columba's Church, Blakestown Way, in West Dublin. A total of 28 Romanian Orthodox priests from Europe and Ireland took part in the Mass.
From Derry, Fr O’Donnell died peacefully at his home in Swords last Friday. A Jesuit priest for 28 years, Fr Godfrey left the Catholic priesthood to marry Ruth in 1985, but had grown increasingly drawn to the Orthodox Church.
He was ordained a Romanian Orthodox priest in February 2004 by His Eminence the Metropolitan Iosif in a six-hour service at the chapel in Dublin's Belvedere College.
The ceremony was attended by representatives of the other Orthodox churches, in Ireland, the Catholic Church, the Church of Ireland, the Lutheran Church, the Presbyterian Church, and from the Romanian Embassy in Ireland.
As he explained at the 2004 ordination, “I had to make a choice to let go of my Catholic heritage and to embrace Orthodoxy. It has been a great gift this last four years. I have met so many extraordinary people, very gifted people, great Christians who have also had to give up a lot to come to a strange country like Ireland.”
In 2000, he was instrumental in establishing the first Romanian Orthodox parish in Dublin, based at Leeson Park. It followed contact in 1999 with Paris-based Metropolitan Iosif of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Western and Southern Europe.
Fr O’Donnell had been Orthodox representative to the Irish Council of Churches and the Irish Inter Church Meeting, and was chairman of the Dublin Council of Churches for a period. In 2008 he was elected President of the Irish Council of Churches.
In November 2013 he was awarded the accolade of ‘Stavrophore’ by the Romanian Orthodox Church. ‘Stavrophore’ is derived from the Greek stavrophoros, meaning ‘cross–bearer’. It is the highest award bestowed upon married priests in the Romanian Orthodox tradition.
It conferred on Fr O’Donnell the the right to wear a cross in recognition of his work to firmly establish the Romanian Orthodox Church in Ireland and of his long service to the Romanian Orthodox community.
Survived by Ruth, burial took place on Monday afternoon at Dardistown cemetery in north Co Dublin.
https://dublin.anglican.org/news/2020/02/17/archbishop-pays-tribute-to-fr
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of Fr Godfrey O’Donnell, Romanian Orthodox priest and ecumenist, who died at his home in Swords on Friday February 14.
In 2004 Fr Godfrey became the first Irish–born person to be ordained as a priest of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The Derry man had been a Jesuit priest but left the priesthood in 1985. He felt increasingly drawn to the Orthodox Church and was instrumental in establishing the Romanian Orthodox parish in Dublin in 2000. His work for the Romanian Orthodox Church in Ireland was honoured in 2013 when he was awarded the accolade of Stavrophore, the highest award given to married priests in that tradition.
Known for his active ecumenism, he represented the Romanian Orthodox Church on both the of Dublin Council of Churches and the Irish Council of Churches. He was chair of Dublin Council of Churches and became the first representative of the Orthodox traditions to hold the role of president of the Irish Council of Churches from 2012 to 2014.
Paying tribute to Fr Godfrey, Archbishop Michael Jackson recalled a priest of tremendous vitality. “All of us who knew Godfrey recognised his faithfulness to God and rejoiced in his tireless and joyful presentation of the Romanian Orthodox tradition within Irish Christianity. He was always ready and willing to participate in the promotion of a better understanding of faiths and advocate for ecumenism through the Dublin Council of Churches. The sympathies and prayers of all of us in the United Dioceses lie with his wife, Ruth, and the Romanian Orthodox community,” he said
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_O%27Donnell
Fr. Godfrey O'Donnell (1939[1] – 14 February 2020) was a priest from County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in the Romanian Orthodox Church.
From County Londonderry, O'Donnell, was a Jesuit priest for 28 years,[2] who left the order in 1985 to marry Ruth.[3]
Godfrey and his wife Ruth became involved in the Greek Rite church in Arbour Hill in Dublin, and joined the Romanian Orthodox church in 1999.
O'Donnell was asked by the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan Joseph, based in Paris, to help secure a Romanian Orthodox priest for their community in Ireland.[3] In 2000 Godfrey was instrumental in the establishment of Romanian Orthodox services in Dublin, which began in the Chapel in Belvedere College in 2001.[4] In 2004 O'Donnell became the first Irish-born person to be ordained a Romanian Orthodox priest.[5] He was ordained in the Jesuit Chapel of Belvedere College, where Romanian Orthodox services were held each weekend.
Fr. O'Donnell ministered from The Romanian Orthodox Church based at Christ Church Leeson Park.
O'Donnell was elected President of the Irish Council of Churches in 2008. In 2013 O'Donnell was awarded the accolade of 'Stavrophore' by the Romanian Orthodox Church.[6]
O'Donnell served as head of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Ireland, and attended ecumenical and inter-faith, state services such as the National Day of Commemoration in this capacity.
He died at his home in Swords, Dublin, Ireland, on 14 February 2020, aged 80.[7][8]
Shaw, Patrick Walter, 1872-1940, politician and businessman
Loftus, John, 1770-1845, 2nd Marquess of Ely
Loftus, John Henry, 1814-1857, 3rd Marquess of Ely
Mansfield, Michael, 1910-1985, former Jesuit priest
Born: 23 January 1910, Sandymount, Dublin, County Dublin
Entered: 02 September 1929, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly
Ordained: 13 May 1942, Milltown Park, Dublin
Final Vows: 23 March 1945,
Died: 24 April 1982, New Jersey, NJ, USA
Left Society of Jesus: 1957/8
Transcribed: HIB to ASL 05 April 1931
by 1950 at Ricci Hall Hong Kong (HIB) working
Boyle, Desmond, 1897-1982, Jesuit priest
Father Provincial of the English Province of the Society of Jesus
Central Catholic Library, 1922-
Founded by Fr Stephen Brown SJ on 25 June 1922.
Fitzgerald, Patrick Alexis Martin, 1911-1978, surgeon
Bellarmine, Saint Robert, 1542-1621, Jesuit priest
Lynch, John, c.1600-c.1677, Roman Catholic priest, historian and Archdeacon of Tuam
Royal College of Science for Ireland, 1867-1926
Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, 1900-
Byrne, Gay, 1934-2019, broadcaster
Kavanagh, Patrick Joseph, 1904-1967, poet, novelist, and journalist
Guiry, Eric, 1935-2020, former Jesuit priest
Born: 04 April 1935, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary
Entered: 07 September 1953, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois
Ordained: 28 July 1967, Milltown Park, Dublin
Final Vows: 05 November 1972, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
Died: 15 April 2020, Cherryfield Lodge, Dublin (Monkstown, County Dublin)
Left Society of Jesus: 30 May 1975
Educated at Mungret College SJ
Ó Cléirigh, Tomás, 1901-1956, scholar
Parnell, Charles Stewart, 1846-1891, politician
Colledge, John Eric, 1910-1999, academic and Roman Catholic priest
Durkan, John, 1914-2006, historian
Earley and Company, church decorators and stained glass artists, 1861-1975
University of Cambridge, 1209-
Joly, John, 1857-1933, physicist and professor of geology
South China Regional Seminary, 1931-
The foundation of the South China Regional Seminary at Aberdeen, Hong Kong was laid in 1930 and opened the following year. It is directly under the Congregation of Propagation of Faith of the Holy See and managed by the Irish Jesuit priests.
Wogan, Sir, Charles, c1698-c1757, soldier, Jacobite, and man of letters
Hall, Ronald, 1895-1975, Anglican Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong
Simms, John Gerald, 1904-1979, academic and writer
MacEgan, Darius Joseph, 1856-1939, painter
Aiken, Frank, 1898-1983, Minister of Defence
Scozzari, Francis, 1912-1944, Jesuit priest
Cosgrave, William Thomas, 1880-1965, revolutionary and politician
Hooker, Craigmyle and Company Limited, fundraising consultants
Harpenden, Hertfortshire, England and Old Burlington Street, London England.
Bobola, Andrzej, 1591-1657, Saint and Jesuit priest
de Burca, Micheál, 1912-1985, director of the National College of Art
Kildare Street, Dublin
Joyce, Murdoch, teacher trainer
Teacher Training Department, National College of Art, Kildare Street, Dublin
Coghlan, Peter, 1936-2023, former Jesuit priest
Born: 10 November 1936, Crumlin, Dublin, County Dublin
Entered: 07 September 1955, St Mary's, Emo, County Laois
Ordained: 10 July 1969, Milltown Park, Dublin
Final Vows: 02 February 1977, Clongowes Wood College SJ
Died : 26 December 2023, London England
Left Society of Jesus: 1988
by 1963 at Loyola Spain (LOY) studying
by 1975 at Medellín, Colombia (COL) making Tertianship
Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland, 1909-
St Brendan's College, Killarney, 1860-
M.H. Gill and Son, publishers and printers, 1856-
Upper Sackville Street, Dublin
Honorary Secretary Belvedere College Union, Department of Defence, Parkgate, Dublin
Talbot, Matt, 1856-1925, pietist
Brocas, Henry, senior, 1762/5-1837, painter and engraver
O'Brien, Frances Marcella, 1840-1883, poet and novelist
Knox, Ronald, 1888-1957, Catholic priest and radio broadcaster
Drathman, Anthony R, 1878-1957, Jesuit priest
Larkin, Denis, 1908-1987, trade unionist and politician
Keogh, Thomas, 1884-1969, Catholic Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin
Brownrigg, Abraham, 1836-1928, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ossory
Gannon, William, b.1872-, former Jesuit scholastic
Born: 01 October 1872, Galway City, County Galway
Entered: 07 September 1892, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly
Left Society of Jesus: 1907 - health reasons
Educated at Mungret College SJ
by 1896 at Valkenburg Netherlands (GER) studying
Came to St Francis Xavier College, Melbourne, Australia for Regency, 1898
The United Irishman, newspaper, 1889-1905
Walsh, Reginlad, 1855-1832, Dominican priest
Barron, Percy Stephen Netterville, 1825-1905, Cistercian priest
Mulhern, Edward, 1863-1943, Roman Catholic Bishop of Dromore