Francis Griffin C.S.Sp. (1893-1983) was an Irish Spiritan priest who served as Superior General of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) from 1950 until 1962. Born in Kilmurray, County Clare in 1893, he was educated locally in Kilmurray and Mullagh and then at

Rockwell College Rockwell College ( ga, Coláiste Charraig an Tobair), founded in 1864, is a voluntary day and boarding Catholic secondary school near Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland. The school has a rugby tradition and has won the Munster Schools S ...

from 1907 until 1911, Griffin went to Kimmage Manor to join the Spiritans. Attending

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studying Irish and French. He taught in

Blackrock College Blackrock College ( ga, Coláiste na Carraige Duibhe) is a voluntary day and boarding Catholic secondary school for boys aged 13–18, in Williamstown, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland. It was founded by French missionary Jules Leman in 186 ...

from 1913 until 1916, when he moved to Switzerland. He was ordained in 1920 in Switzerland, Fr. Griffin studied at

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in Switzerland, earning a STL in 1921.Fr. Michael John O'Carroll
Irish Spiritans Remembered, by Seán P. Farragher, C.S.Sp., www.spiritans.ie Fr Griffin was elected Superior General of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit in 1950, the first non-Frenchman to hold that post.

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1893 births 1983 deaths People from County Clare Holy Ghost Fathers Irish Spiritans 20th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests University of Fribourg alumni Alumni of University College Dublin People educated at Rockwell College {{RC-clergy-stub