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Archdekin, Richard (Mac Gilla Cuddy), a Jesuit, was born about the year 1619 at Kilkenny, Ireland, and joined his society in 1642 in Belgium. For fourteen years he acted as professor of exegesis and scholastic theology at Louvain and Antwerp, and died at the latter place Aug. 3,1693. He is known as the author of … Continue reading “Archdekin, Richard”

Archdeaconry is the district over which the authority of the archdeacon extends. Of these there are a number in every diocese proportioned to its extent. SEE ARCHDEACON. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Archdeacon, Richard An Irish Jesuit, whose name is sometimes given as Archdekin or Arsdekin, b. at Kilkenny, 30 March, 1620; d. 31 August, 1693. He entered the Society of Jesus, at Mechlin, 20 September, 1642, and taught humanities, philosophy, theology, and Holy Scripture at Antwerp and Louvain. He wrote a treatise in English and Irish … Continue reading “Archdeacon, Richard”

ARCHDEACON A priest invested with authority or jurisdiction over the clergy and laity, next to the bishop, either through the whole diocese, or only a part of it. There are sixty in England, who visit every two years in three, when they inquire into the reparations and moveables belonging to churches; reform abuses; suspend; excommunicate; … Continue reading “Archdeacon”

Archdall, Mervyn a learned clergyman and antiquary of the Protestant Church of Ireland, was born at Dublin in 1723, filled several ecclesiastical posts, and finally became rector of Slane, in the county of Meath. He died in 1791. After forty years of intense application to the monastic records of Ireland, he published, in 1786, Monasticon … Continue reading “Archdall, Mervyn”

Archconfraternity of the Holy Face Established at Tours, France, 1884, through the piety of Leo Dupont, for the prevention of blasphemy and the observance of Sunday. The insignia of the brotherhood is the Face of the Suffering Saviour on the veil of Saint Veronica, worn by the members on a scapular, cross, or medal. Fuente: … Continue reading “Archconfraternity of the Holy Face”

Archconfraternity of Christian Mothers Title of various societies usually connected with convents, whose purpose is to cultivate piety among the members and enable them to make their homes sanctuaries of virtue and happiness. They are under the patronage of Our Lady of the Seven Dolors and of Saint Monica. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

archconfraternity A confraternity or sodality authorized to aggregate to itself sodalities erected in other places and to communicate its privileges to them. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Archconfraternity A confraternity empowered to aggregate or affiliate other confraternities of the same nature, and to impart to them its indulgences and privileges. The preliminary requisite, the conditions governing … Continue reading “Archconfraternity”

archchaplain The superior of the chaplains attached to the early French courts; later grand almoner and high chancellor of the realm. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Archchancellor of the Empire Title held by archbishops of Cologne, Mainz, and Trier, until the extinction of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary