Born: 18 July 1632, Waterford City, County Waterford Entered: 01 November 1651, Watten, Belgium - Angliae Province (ANG) Ordained: 31 March 1657, Liège, Belgium FinalVows: 15 August 1675, Waterford Residence, Waterford City, County Waterford Died: 19 March 1688, Irish College, Poitiers, France
1655 Catalogue at Liège in 2 years Theology 1680-1688 Irish College, Poitiers, first as Infirmarian, then as Procurator and Minister also : Germanus recte Gerard Comerford”; RIP 19 March 1687
◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” : 1655 In second year of Theology at Liège - had great talents and made great progress in his studies 1658 Taught Mathematics at Liège 1664 A missioner at St George’s Residence, Worcester district 1667 At College of Holy Apostles, Suffolk district
◆ Fr Francis Finegan SJ : Had already begun Priestly studies before Entry 01 November 1651 ANG 1653-1657 After First Vows he was sent for studies, graduating MA, to Liège for Theology and was Ordained there 31 March 1657 1657-1660 After he made Tertianship, for a time he was Prefect of Studies and taught Mathematics at the Juniorate in Liège. He was considered to be a man of more than ordinary ability, but dogged by ill health. 1660-1667 On the Mission in England, at Northampton, Lincoln and Worcester 1667-1675 His whereabouts from 1667 are unclear, except that he had become a member of the Irish Mission by 1672, and strong evidence that he was already in Ireland by December 1669 and at the Waterford Residence (probably for health reasons) and made Final Vows there 15 August 1675. There is little or no account of his work thereafter on the Irish Mission. Because his earlier associations with England were known to the promoters of the Titus Oates Plot, he escaped to France and served as Minister and Procurator of the Irish College Poitiers until his death there 19 March 1688
◆ George Oliver Towards Illustrating the Biography of the Scotch, English and Irish Members SJ QUEMERFORD, GERARD, a native of Ireland, joined the English Province of the Society in 1651, aet 19. and was studying his second year of Divinity at Liege in 1655. What relation was he to F. James Quemerford?
Entered Province.
Worked in.