Reference code
IE CA IR-1/1/2/3/11
Title
Letter from Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. to Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap.
Date(s)
- 12 Feb. 1925 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2 pp; Manuscript
Name of creator
(24 October 1877-14 February 1925)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
Letter from Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., St. Francis Hospital, Santa Barbara, California, to Fr. Matthew O’Connor OFM Cap., Church Street, Dublin, referring to his declining condition. He wrote ‘I’m so weak and in such a serious condition that I know not if I shall be alive to-morrow’. He declared that he has renewed his profession ‘surrounded by the Franciscan Sisters here and Fr. Dillon, a devoted Kerry friend’. Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. died two days later on 14 Feb. 1925. With cover.