David Wolfe (Jesuit)

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David Wolfe, SJ (died 1578?) was an Irish

Jesuit who became papal legate
in Ireland.

Life

He was born in

Ignatius Loyola and Francis Borgia, he entered the Society of Jesus about 1550, and became rector of the college at Modena.[1]

About August 1560 Wolfe returned to Ireland, with the powers of an apostolic legate. He was instructed to regulate public worship, and to keep up communication with the Catholic princes. He attracted the attention of the English officials and in 1561

Elizabeth I of England stated to Pope Pius IV, as one of her reasons for not sending representatives to the Council of Trent, that Wolfe had been sent to excite disaffection. For several years he was unable to enter The Pale, and on 7 December 1563 he delegated his jurisdiction for Dublin and its vicinity to Thady Newman. In 1564 the Pope, by a bull dated 31 May, entrusted to Wolfe and Richard Creagh the erection of universities and schools in Ireland.[1]

In the early 1560s Wolfe sent a number of Irish Catholic clerics to Rome.[2] About 1566 he was arrested and imprisoned in Dublin Castle. In 1572 his release was paid for by a merchant, acting indirectly for Portuguese Jesuits.[3] Wolfe went to Spain, but returned again to Ireland.[1]

On 14 April 1577

James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald, whose chaplain Wolfe had been at one time, stating that he would be glad of employment for Wolfe.[1] It is assumed that Wolfe died within a year, since records of him end.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Wolfe, David" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  2. ISBN 978-0-19-162335-6
    . Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  3. ^
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29832. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Wolfe, David". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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