Letter from the Most Rev. Daniel Cohalan to Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap.

Letter from the Most Rev. Daniel Cohalan, Bishop of Cork, to Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, referring to the withdrawal of Fr. Dominic’s faculties due to his inability to take the examination for renewal of faculties. Bishop Cohalan also refers to his unease on reading an announcement in the papers that Fr. Dominic is to be appointed honorary chaplain to a brigade of the IRA. The Bishop wrote: ‘Now I put it to you that a lay body has no authority to confer an ecclesiastical

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22 Feb. 1922-24 Feb. 1922
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6 pp; Manuscript
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Letter from the Most Rev. Daniel Cohalan, Bishop of Cork, to Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, referring to the withdrawal of Fr. Dominic’s faculties due to his inability to take the examination for renewal of faculties. Bishop Cohalan also refers to his unease on reading an announcement in the papers that Fr. Dominic is to be appointed honorary chaplain to a brigade of the IRA. The Bishop wrote: ‘Now I put it to you that a lay body has no authority to confer an ecclesiastical honour from a lay authority’. He later asks Fr. Edwin: ‘Are you not conceding to a military brigade what belongs essentially to the church?’ With a copy reply from Fr. Edwin claiming that he knew nothing of Fr. Dominic's appointment as chaplain to the IRA until his attention was drawn to a report in the Cork newspapers.
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Irish Capuchin Archives
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Irish Capuchin Archives > Capuchin Papers relating to the Irish Revolution > The Papers of Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap. > Release, Exile and Commemoration

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Copy Apur Capurineac, Sain bonabentium Corcais ST BONAVENTURE'S, CAPUCHIN HOSTEL, CORK. Feb 24th 1922 My Love I receive your long thigh letter this morning I know nothing whatsoever about Fr Dominicis alleged appointment as Mr. Claplan to the D.R.A. until my attention was called to the paragraph in the talk papers Before taking any action in the matter I wished to connect Fr Dominicis but as he is away & travelling I cannot get in towel with him for a few days to come. with all good minds I remain yours V. Suicely in Airmont F. Edwin O'De Mr. Prof.