John Keily


John Keily
Bishop of Plymouth
ProvinceSouthwark
DiocesePlymouth
Installed21 April 1911
Term ended23 September 1928
PredecessorCharles Maurice Graham
SuccessorJohn Patrick Barrett
Orders
Ordination6 May 1877
Consecration13 June 1911
Personal details
Born23 June 1854
Died23 September 1928 (aged 74)
NationalityIrish
DenominationRoman Catholic

John Joseph Keily (1854–1928) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.[1]

The son of Bartholomew and Margaret Keily,[2] he was born on 23 June 1854 in Limerick, Ireland. He was ordained a priest on 6 May 1877 before being elevated to the episcopate as Bishop of Plymouth on 21 April 1911, a post he held until his death on 23 September 1928; at the age of 74.[1] He was buried at St Augustine's Priory Cemetery, Plymouth. On 13 December 1998 he was re-interred in the Lady Chapel vault at Plymouth Cathedral.[3]

St Boniface's Catholic College in Plymouth has a House named after him.

  1. ^ a b "John Joseph Keily". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Keily, John", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U198707 accessed 13 March 2011
  3. ^ "Past Bishops". Diocese of Plymouth. Retrieved 21 October 2020.