Patrick Curtis (bishop)
| Patrick Curtis | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Armagh Primate of All Ireland | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Armagh |
| In office | 27 August 1819 – 26 July 1832 |
| Predecessor | Richard O'Reilly |
| Successor | Thomas Kelly |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 28 October 1819 by John Troy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1746 Stamullen, Counties Meath & Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland, British Empire |
| Died | 26 July 1832 (aged 85–86) |
Patrick Curtis (1740 – 26 July 1832) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 1819 to 1832.[1]
Biography
Patrick Curtis was born in Stamullen, County Meath in 1746. He studied for the priesthood in Salamanca in Spain. Curtis was the Rector of the Irish College at Salamanca, Spain, from 1780 until 1817, and professor at the University of Salamanca, where he was known as Don Patricio Cortés. Whilst in Spain he was spymaster of a network that provided military intelligence to Wellesley's Anglo-Portuguese Army during the Peninsular War.[2] His friendship with Wellington assisted in his promotion to Armagh. It is also thought to have paved the way to Catholic Emancipation, to which the Anglo-Irish Wellington was a late but genuine convert.[3]
After his return to Ireland, he lived on a British Government pension until he was appointed the archbishop of the Metropolitan see of Armagh by the Propaganda Fide on 2 August and confirmed by Pope Gregory XVI on 8 August 1819.[4] His episcopal ordination took place on 28 October 1819.[5][6]
References
- Back to citation Brady 1876, The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 1, p. 231; "Archbishop Patrick Curtis". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 15 December 2011; Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 416.
- Back to citation Henry Morse Stephens (1888). "Curtis, Patrick". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 13. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Back to citation "Patrick Curtis (1740-1832)".
- Back to citation Brady 1876, The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 1, p. 231; "Archbishop Patrick Curtis". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 15 December 2011; Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 416.
- Back to citation "Archbishop Patrick Curtis". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- Back to citation Fryde et al. 1986, Handbook of British Chronology, p. 416.
Bibliography
- Brady, W. Maziere (1876). The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, A.D. 1400 to 1875. Vol. 1. Rome: Tipografia Della Pace.
- Fryde, E. B; Greenway, D. E; Porter, S; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.