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Eugene McGillicuddy was born in Cork on 8 September 1901. An enthusiastic and prominent member of the Third Order of St. Francis confraternity in his native city, he entered the Capuchin novitiate in April 1939 and took Gabriel as his religious name. After his profession, he was for some years a member of the Ard Mhuire community in County Donegal. He subsequently volunteered for the African missions and arrived in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in February 1946. Br. Gabriel initially worked in Mukunkiki with Fr. Aquinas Carroll OFM Cap. and Fr. Salvator Quinn OFM Cap. In 1948, a decision was taken to move this mission to Mangango, located about thirty kilometres distant, and Br. Gabriel enjoyed a long association with this locality. He was particularly involved in the construction of mission churches, hospitals, and schools. In 1959, Fr. Bruno McKnight OFM Cap. and Br. Gabriel began work on the church of Saint Michael the Archangel and adjoining school at Nalionwa. This work was completed in 1960. He also supervised the construction of Saint John’s Secondary School in Katongo (1962) and Holy Cross Secondary School in Malengwa (1964). Br. Gabriel returned to Ireland in July 1983. He died at Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary in County Donegal on 7 July 1998 and was buried in the adjoining cemetery.

Baptismal name: Eugene Joseph McGillicuddy
Religious name: Br. Gabriel McGillicuddy OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 8 Sept. 1901
Place of birth: 5 King’s Terrace, Cork
Name of father: Daniel McGillicuddy (Grocer)
Name of mother: Ellen McGillicuddy (née Molyneaux)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 21 Apr. 1939
Date of first profession: 22 Apr. 1940
Date of final profession: 4 Oct. 1943
Missionary activities: Travelled to Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia), on 21 Feb. 1946. He returned to Ireland on 21 July 1983.
Date of death: 8 July 1998
Place of death: Ard Mhuire Friary, County Donegal
Place of burial: Cemetery, Ard Mhuire Friary, County Donegal

John (Seán) Mannion was born in Dublin on 7 April 1929. He attended the Capuchin College in Rochestown in County Cork and joined the Order in October 1947 taking Godfrey as his religious name. He was ordained to the priesthood in May 1955. Soon after his ordination he was sent to Rome to undertake further theological studies obtaining a Licentiate of Sacred Theology (STL) in 1958. On his return to Ireland, he joined the community in St. Bonaventure’s Hostel and completed a Higher Diploma in Education in University College Cork. He spent the following ten years in Ard Mhuire Friary in County Donegal as a director of student friars and vicar. He was transferred to the Church Street community in Dublin in 1967 and would remain here for the next thirty years. He served as the national spiritual assistant for the Third Order of St. Francis confraternity for many years and was well known for the retreats and missions he gave to diocesan clerics and religious of other congregations and orders. He moved to the Capuchin residence in Raheny in 1998. Following a period of illness, he died in Raheny on 2 April 2000. He was buried in Dardistown Cemetery.

Baptismal name: John (Seán) Anthony Mannion
Religious name: Fr. Godfrey Mannion OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 7 Apr. 1929
Place of birth: 36 St. Jarlath Road, Cabra, Dublin
Name of father: Thomas Mannion (Draper’s Assistant)
Name of mother: Mary Mannion (née Morgan)
Primary School Education: Christ the King National School, Cabra, Dublin
Secondary School Education: Rochestown Capuchin College, County Cork
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 3 Oct. 1947
Date of first profession: 4 Oct. 1948
Date of final profession: 4 Oct. 1951
Date of ordination (as priest): 17 May 1955
Educational attainments: BA, 2nd class honours (1951); Higher Diploma in Education (1956); Licentiate of Sacred Theology (STL) (1958).
Leadership positions: Provincial Definitor (Councillor), 1970-9.
Date of death: 2 Apr. 2000
Place of death: Capuchin Friary, Raheny, Dublin
Place of burial: Dardistown Cemetery, Dublin

Baptismal name: Timothy Fitzgerald
Religious name: Fr. Giles Fitzgerald OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 5 Oct. 1927
Place of birth: Spa, County Kerry
Name of father: Timothy Fitzgerald
Name of mother: Johanna Fitzgerlad (née Murphy)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 3 Oct. 1945
Date of first profession: 4 Oct. 1946
Date of final profession: 4 Oct. 1949
Date of ordination (as priest): 24 May 1954
Educational attainments: Bachelor of Science, 1st class hons. (1949); Master of Arts (1950); Higher Diploma in Education (1956)
Missionary activities: Travelled to Livingstone, Zambia, on 29 Aug. 1976. He returned to Ireland on 19 February 1979.
Leadership positions: Provincial Definitor (Councillor), 1967-70; Secretary of the Irish Capuchin Province, 1980-2; Provincial Bursar, 1985-2001.
Date of death: 6 Apr. 2006
Place of death: Raheny, Dublin
Place of burial: Dardistown Cemetery, County Dublin

Patrick Finbar Welstead was born in Cork on 3 September 1939, the son of John and Eileen Welstead (formerly Kidney). He was received into the Capuchin Franciscan Order on 3 October 1959 at Rochestown Friary in County Cork, where he took Flavian as his religious name. A year later (4 October 1960), he made his first profession. He studied philosophy at St. Bonaventure’s Friary and in University College Cork and took his theology courses at Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary in County Donegal. On 21 May 1967 he was ordained at Ard Mhuire Friary Church. After his ordination, he was assigned to the Irish Capuchin Mission in Zambia, for the next four years. He served at several mission stations in this short period of time: Sioma, then Manganga and finally at St. Theresa’s Cathedral in Livingstone. In 1973 he was assigned to serve in the Irish Capuchin Vice-Province on the West Coast of the United States. He served in Hermiston, Oregan, for one year and was then assigned to St. Francis High School in La Cañada, Califonria, as a teacher, for one year. He would return to the high school again in the 1980s and 1990s as a teacher and Director of Development. Also, in this period, he served for three years at St. Joseph Parish in Roseburg, Oregon, and at St. Francis Parish in Bend, Oregon. He also served as an associate pastor at Our Lady of the Angels Parish in Burlingame, California, from 1986 to 1989. From 1991 to 2000 he was assigned to the provincial leadership house in Burlingame, California, where he served as the Development Director for the Western American Province. After a short sabbatical in the second half of 2002, he returned to Burlingame as associate pastor of Our Lady of the Angels Parish where he remained until his death at Peninsula Hospital in Burlingame on 4 December 2017. He was buried in the cemetery adjoining Mission Santa Inés, Solvang, California.

Baptismal name: Patrick Finbar Welstead
Religious name: Fr. Flavian Welstead OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 24 Sept. 1939
Place of birth: Douglas, Cork
Name of father: John Welstead
Name of mother: Ellen Welstead (née Kidney)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 3 Oct. 1959
Date of first profession: 4 Oct. 1960
Date of final profession: 4 Oct. 1963
Date of ordination (as priest): 21 May 1967
Missionary activities: Travelled to Livingstone, Zambia, in Nov. 1967. He returned to Ireland on 7 Apr. 1973. He travelled to the Western United States mission in 1973.
Date of death: 4 Dec. 2017
Place of death: Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, Burlingame, California
Place of burial: Cemetery, Mission Santa Inés, Solvang, California

Baptismal name: William O’Donovan
Religious name: Br. Finbarr O’Donovan OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 3 Jan. 1912
Place of birth: 4 Kinsale Cottages, Cork
Name of father: Daniel O’Donovan (Labourer)
Name of mother: Catherine O’Donovan (née Casey)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 21 Oct. 1951
Date of first profession: 22 Oct. 1952
Date of final profession: 22 Oct. 1955
Date of death: 13 Jan. 1988
Place of death: St. Bonaventure’s Friary, Cork
Place of burial: Cemetery, Rochestown Capuchin Friary, Cork

Baptismal name: Michael Neary
Religious name: Fr. Fidelis Neary OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 28 Oct. 1855
Place of birth: Freshford, County Kilkenny (Diocese of Ossory)
Name of father: John Neary
Name of mother: Brigid Neary (née Dowling)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 28 Oct. 1875
Date of first profession: 1 Nov. 1876
Date of final profession: 4 Oct. 1880
Date of ordination (as priest): 21 Sept. 1881
Leadership positions: Provincial Definitor (Councillor): 1893-5, 1898-1901; Custos General: 1895-8; Guardian, Capuchin Friary, Kilkenny, 1893-5; Guardian, Holy Trinity Friary, Cork, 1895-8; Guardian, Rochestown Capuchin Friary, 1901-4; Master of Novices, 1898-1901
Date of death: 22 June 1932
Place of death: Cork
Place of burial: Cemetery, Rochestown Capuchin Friary, County Cork

Baptismal name: Francis McConvery
Religious name: Fr. Frederick McConvery OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 11 Jan. 1925
Place of birth: Belfast (Diocese of Down and Connor)
Name of father: Thomas McConvery
Name of mother: Ellen McConvery (née Leonard)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 23 Oct. 1945
Date of first profession: 24 Oct. 1946
Date of final profession: 24 Oct. 1949
Date of ordination: 24 May 1953
Missionary activities: Travelled to Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia), on 26 Aug. 1953
Date of death: 28 Nov. 1968
Place of death: Hermanus, South Africa (*suffered a heart attack whilst swimming off the coast at Hermanus)
Place of burial: Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, South Africa

Baptismal name: Jeremiah Buckley
Religious name: Br. Fergus Buckley OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 4 Feb. 1916
Place of birth: Kilnamartyra, Macroom, County Cork (Diocese of Cloyne)
Name of father: Patrick Buckley
Name of mother: Mary Buckley (née Healy)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 25 May 1936
Date of first profession: 21 May 1937
Date of final profession: 21 May 1940
Missionary activities: Travelled to Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia), on 12 Nov. 1943. He returned to Ireland on 21 July 1983.
Leadership positions: Councillor, Livingstone Mission, Zambia, 1973-6, 1976-9
Date of death: 16 Oct. 1992
Place of death: Raheny, Dublin
Place of burial: Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin

John Francis Kelly was on 15 September 1921 in Clara, County Offaly, the son of William Kelly and Elizabeth Kelly (formerly Deegan). He received the name Evangelist when he joined the Capuchin Franciscan Order in October 1940. Following his ordination on 16 June1949, Fr. Evangelist came to the United States as a teacher at St. Francis High School in La Cañada, California. In 1962, after serving in various places, Fr. Evangelist was appointed Pastor of Old Mission Santa Inés in Solvang, California. There he continued the work of restoration, promoting tours of the historic mission building, expanding parish organizations, and working on spiritual programs for parishioners. He served as superior of the Western United States mission custody from 1968 to 1974. He then moved on to serve at parishes in Burlingame, California, and in Roseburg and Bend in Oregon. In 1999, he returned to Santa Inés and to the San Lorenzo Prayer and Retreat Center, serving as spiritual director and bible study leader. He died on 26 March 2010 at San Lorenzo Seminary in California. He was buried in the cemetery adjoining the seminary.

Baptismal name: John Francis Kelly
Religious name: Fr. Evangelist Kelly OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 15 Sept. 1921
Place of birth: Clara, County Offaly (Diocese of Ossory)
Name of father: William Kelly
Name of mother: Elizabeth Kelly (née Deegan)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 3 Oct.1940
Date of first profession: 4 Oct. 1941
Date of final profession: 4 Oct. 1944
Date of ordination (as priest): 16 June 1949
Educational attainments: BA, 1st class hons. (1944); MA, 1st class hons. (1945)
Leadership positions: Superior, Western United States mission custody, 1968-74
Missionary activities: Travelled to the Western United States mission on 5 Aug. 1949
Date of death: 26 Mar. 2010
Place of death: San Lorenzo Seminary, Santa Inés, California
Place of burial: Cemetery, San Lorenzo Seminary, Santa Inés, California

Baptismal name: Peter Kelly
Religious name: Br. Elzear Kelly OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 25 June 1857
Place of birth: Rathnure, County Wexford (Diocese of Ferns)
Name of father: Marin Kelly
Name of mother: Margaret Kelly (née Curran)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 6 Jan. 1884
Date of first profession: 2 Feb. 1885
Date of final profession: 8 Dec. 1890
Ministries: Questor, Rochestown Friary, County Cork; Sacristan, Church Street Friary, Dublin, 1915-37
Date of death: 11 Mar. 1937
Place of death: Church Street Friary, Dublin