Irish College in Toulouse
French: Collège des Irlandais, Toulouse | |
| Type | Seminary |
|---|---|
| Active | 1618–1793 |
Parent institution | Irish College in Bordeaux |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Academic affiliation | University of Toulouse |
Irish College in Toulouse (1618-1793), was a seminary that trained priests while the Penal Laws prevented the training of priests in Ireland.
History[edit]
It was established in 1618 and given royal assent as 'le séminaire royal de Sainte Anne' in 1659. In 1660 it was formally linked to the University of Toulouse.[1] As it was in his Diocese, the College was under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Toulouse, who visited the college in 1669. The Irish College in Toulouse, was a sister college of the Irish College in Bordeaux.[2] Like Bordeaux it was supported by Anne of Austria, it followed the Bordeaux statues until it was constituted with its own statues.[3] It obtained its own fully separate statues from Archbishop Charles Antoine de La Roche-Aymon, sanctioned by Pope Benedict XIV in 1754.[4] It was closed in 1793 like the other Irish Colleges in French-controlled areas, following the French Revolution. Its property was sold by the French Government, while later in 1805 the remaining interests were transferred to the Irish College in Paris.
Notables[edit]
- Bishop John O'Brien, entered Toulouse in 1725, Bachelor of Divinity in 1733.[5]
- Rev. Dr. Thady O'Brien, ordained 1703 in Toulouse, Regius Professor of Theology, University of Toulouse and Rector of the Irish College Toulouse 1706-1715.
- Rev. Prof. Francis O'Hea, Superior (1751-1771) and Professor of Theology.
- Nicholas Madgett, adventurer, translator, licence and doctorat from Toulouse in 1764, ordained 1767, left priesthood following French Revolution.
- Bishop Francis Moylan, studied theology in the Irish College Toulouse.
- Bishop Charles Tuohy, studied in Toulouse before moving to Paris. Became Bishop of Limerick from 1814 to 1824.
References[edit]
- ^ The Jacobite Presence in Toulouse during the Eighteenth Century Diasporas by Edward Corp, Histoire et sociétés, Année 2004, 5, pp. 124-145.
- ^ The Irish Continental College Movement: The colleges at Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Lille by Walsh, T.J. Published by Golden Eagle Books, 1973. ISBN 9780853423805
- ^ Toulouse- Irish Colleges, on the Continent New Advent, Catholic Encyclopedia.
- ^ The Statutes of the Irish college, Toulouse, 'le séminaire royal de Sainte Anne' (1752-54) by Patrick Ferté, Archivium Hibernicum, Vol. 63 (2010), pp. 274-284 (11 pages). Published by: Catholic Historical Society of Ireland
- ^ Bishop John O'Brien Dictionary of Irish Biography