File 3 - Letters from John Haughton Steele

4 items; Manuscript

Four letters from John Haughton Steele (1850-1920) to Fr. Henry Rope. The letters refer to studies and preparation for his ordination in Rome as a Catholic priest (he was previously an Anglican rector). Reference is also made to the Pontifical Irish College in Rome.

John Haughton Steele served as a curate at Devenish (1874-83) and became rector of Derryvore and chaplain to the 4th earl of Erne (1883-1910) in County Fermanagh, before converting to Catholicism and entering the priesthood in 1912. For more information see https://www.jstor.org/stable/20505620