Archbishop William Crolly

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Ordained in 1806. Bishop of Down and Connor on 6 February 1825, and had the episcopal parish changed from Downpatrick to Belfast, where he founded Saint Malachy’s College. Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland on 8 May 1835; he established Saint Patrick’s Seminary and in 1841 laid the foundation stone and began work on the new cathedral.

Born

• 8 June 1780 at Ballykilbeg, Ireland

Died

• 6 April 1849 at Drogheda, Ireland