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NELIGAN, William, clergyman,
born in Ireland early in the 19th century; died in New York City, 30 January,
1880. He was a brother of the celebrated surgeon of the same name. He was
graduated at Dublin university in 1830, ordained a minister of the Anglican
church in 1835, and was appointed rector of Milton Mowbray, but united with the
Roman Catholic Church, went to the Irish College of the Propaganda, Rome, in
1850, and after his ordination came to New York in 1854.
He was made professor in St. Joseph's Seminary, Fordham,
and assistant pastor of St. Columba's, New York. He was subsequently
Vicar-General of the Bahama Islands. Mr. Neligan published several religious
works, among them "Rome and her Institutions and Churches" (New York), "Saintly
Characters," "The Rosary," and a "Manual for Confraternities."
NELIGAN, William, clergyman, born in Ireland early in the 19th century; died in New York city, 30 January, 1880. He was a brother of the celebrated surgeon of the same name. He was graduated at Dublin university in 1830, ordained a minister of the Anglican church in 1835, and was appointed rector of Milton Mowbray, but united with the Roman Catholic church, went to the Irish college of the propaganda, Rome, in 1850, and after his ordination came to New York in 1854. He was made professor in St. Joseph's seminary, Fordham, and assistant pastor of St. Columba's, New York. He was subsequently vicar-general of the Bahama islands. Mr. Neligan published several religious works, among them " Rome and her Institutions and Churches" (New York), "Saintly Characters," " The Rosary," and a "Manual for Confraternities."
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