Lynch, Andrew, 1627-1694, Jesuit priest

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Lynch, Andrew, 1627-1694, Jesuit priest

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  • André Lynch
  • Lynce
  • Lynze
  • Lunch
  • Linze
  • Lunch
  • Andreas

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30 November 1628-01 January 1694

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Born: 30 November 1628, Galway City, County Galway
Entered: 06 April 1655, Villagarcía, Galicia, Spain - Castellanae Province (CAST)
Ordained: Salamanca, Spain - pre Entry
Final Vows: 15 August 1668
Died: 01 January 1694, Irish College, Santiago de Compostela, Spain - Castellanae Province (CAST)

1658 At Santander College - remarkable talent of mature judgement; In Philosophy and Theology
1668 Has charge of Irish Seminary Compostella and lives in Spanish College
1669 In CAST
1672-1675 Has been Rector of Irish College Compostela
1690 Rector of Irish College Compostela

◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
1672 Rector at Santiago, between whom and Father Andrew Lincol, Rector of Salamanca, Father Patrick Lynch was arbitrator in the case of Nicholas’ Wise’s will in 1672
Father Morris’s Louvain “Excerpta” give the RIP date - perhaps he entered before 1672, even in 1654

◆ Fr Francis Finegan SJ :
Son of Luke and Joan née Kirwan
Had already studied at Salamanca where he was Ordained before Ent 06 April 1655 Villagarcía
1657-1660 Taught Humanities at Santander
1660-1668 Came back to complete his studies at Salamanca and then spent five years teaching at Burgos
1668 Rector of Irish College Santiago and died in office there 01 January 1694
He had been invited to join the Irish Mission, but his Spanish Superiors made representations, suggesting that he would work for the Irish Mission at one of the Irish Colleges. So he never went back to Ireland to work.

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