Henry Francis Neville (1822 – 15 December 1889) was an

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priest and educator who served as rector of the

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and

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Biography

Neville was educated for the priesthood at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, where he was ordained on 29 May 1847. He was to join the teaching staff at the college, in 1850 becoming the Professor of Philosophy and in 1852 Professor of Theology until 1867 when he retired from Maynooth on health grounds, becoming a Parish priest in Monkstown and Passage West, Co. Cork. During his time in Monkstown, Neville was responsible for the building of the Church of the Most Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. He was also awarded the title of Canon. He provided advice to a number of Irish Bishops at the Vatican Council. He also published his response to

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, in ''A few Comments on Mr. Gladstone's Expostulation'' in 1875. In 1879, Neville, Dean of Cork was appointed (succeeding Dr Bartholomew Woodlock) as Rector of the Catholic University (while rector he still retained his role as Parish Priest at St. Finbarr's, Cork) he held the Rectorship until 1883 when he was succeeded by Dr. Gerald Molloy. Also in 1883, he was elevated to the title of Monsignor by

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.Mgr Henry Neville
Diocese of Cork and Ross Website. He died in 1889.

Publications

* ''A few Comments on Mr. Gladstone's Expostulation'' by Neville, Canon Henry, McGlashan & Gill, Dublin (1875).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Neville, Henry Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth 1889 deaths 19th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests Christian clergy from County Cork Date of birth missing 1822 births