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Title
Date(s)
- 1904 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
5 pp; Manuscript
Name of creator
Biographical history
Baptismal name: Joseph Jennings
Religious name: Fr. Bernard Jennings OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 21 Feb. 1850
Place of birth: Donoughmore, County Cork
Name of father: Joseph Jennings
Name of mother: Catherine Jennings (née Buckley)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 12 Nov. 1874
Date of first profession: 12 Nov. 1875
Date of final profession: 26 Nov. 1878
Date of ordination (as priest): 13 July 1879
Leadership positions: Fr. Bernard served as Guardian (local superior) of the Church Street community in Dublin from 1883-1886. He served as Provincial Minister (Superior) of the Irish Capuchins from 1895 to 1898.
Date of death: 26 Dec. 1904
Place of death: Private Hospital, 9 Lower Lesson Street, Dublin
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
Copy listing of the ‘contents of the Cork Archives (furnished for the Provincial Chapter in 1904)’ prepared by ‘Fr. Bernard [Jennings]’. The list includes references to ‘plans of Father Mathew Memorial Church’, definitory letters, records of visitations, ordinations, retreats and missions, and correspondence with the Provincial Minister.