ABBOTT   RICHARD The name of this priest is recorded in the annals of St Mary, Mulberry Street, Manchester in 1819. Downside give a year of birth in 1783 and of ordination in 1808, as they do for a Fr Richard Albot. It is believed that both names - Abbott and Albot - refer to the same priest. QV Albott Richard. Sources: Bolton p.97, D. Clinch Manchester's Hidden Gem 1994 p. 61. ACQUARONE LOUIS Born: date unknown Ordained: date unknown Died: date unknown Fr Acquarone (or Aquaroni as earlier Laity Directories spell his name) appears to have been a member of the Institute of Charity.  The 1844 LD places him at Prior Park, and states he has degree of Doctor of Divinity. The LDs for 1847 & 1847 place him at St Mary's Vale, Oscott, to which the I.Cs went when they left Prior Park, although J S Roache's book "Prior Park" does not mention Acquarone by name. It is thought he taught Italian and Theology there 1846 - 1848. The LD for 1849 places him at Mawley in Shropshire. His name occurs in the clergy list in LD 1850 but without placement, and a Fr Thomas Green in listed under Mawley.  His name appears in the LD1851 list, with a LL.D (not D.D.) but the pages of mine are torn and I have no details of placement. LD 1852-1853 list him at Droylsden, and spell his name "Acquarone". Lds 1854 and 1855 gives his Christian name as Louis. The Centenary Memoir of St Anne, Fairfield by W. T. Timms (1949) gives his initials as P. L. LDs 1856 and 1857 still place him in the clergy list at Droylsden but under the mission details give Fr R Gray  and Fr Peter Cardineal respectively. It would appear therefore that he came to England as a member of the Institute of Charity, worked at Prior Park, then at Oscott. His move to Mawley and Droylsden suggest he may have left the Institute and was on trial for the Dioceses of Shrewsbury and then Salford. No mention is made of him in LDs 1858, 1859, 1860. Query I.C. Archives, Oscott Archives, Shrewsbury Diocesan Archives, Prior Park Archives, Clifton Diocesan Archives AHEARNE  TERENCE Born 29 June 1856 Ordained 19 September 1880 Died: no date. Born Carriganroe,  Tipperary, and educated at St John's College, Waterford, he was ordained Salford Cathedral. He served as assistant at St Ann, Ashton under Lyme 1881-1883, St Alban, Blackburn 1883-1888 and St Michael, Ancoats 1888-1890. Inducted as rector at Mount Carmel, Salford on 15 February by Mgr Kershaw, he resigned his mission because of ill-health and returned to Ireland, being succeeded by Fr Denis Sheehan. Sources PV1-216, "Salford City Reporter" 15 February 1890, 1 November 1890, 1881 Census. ALBOTT  RICHARD Born 1783 Ordained 1808 Died 3 April 1837 (The name of Richard Abbott is recorded in the annals of St Mary, Mulberry Street, Manchester in 1819. Downside give a year of birth in 1783 and of ordination in 1808, as they do for Richard Albot. It is thought that both names - Abbott and Albot - refer to the same priest,)  Fr Albot served from 1808-1811 on the staff at Ushaw as professor of Rhetoric and Poetry (names of classes of pupils); and from 1811-1814 as Vice President.  He was missioner at St Alban, Blackburn, 1814-1825 and then at St Mary, Lea, Preston, 1826-1837. Bolton places him at Blackburn until 1819: "A Vice-President of Ushaw College, Fr Abbott, was rector until 1819, trying to attend an ever increasing parish" (Bolton p.97). Conlon wrote: "Father Sherburne was replaced in January 1814 by Father Richard Albott who had succeeded John Lingard as Vice President of the new Ushaw College, from 1811 to 1814. Although Father Albott came to Blackburn after holding an important post in the new seminary, at first he does not seem to have made an altogether favourable impression. In a letter dated March 6th. 1814, Mr. Butler-Bowden of Pleasington writes: "We have a new Pastor in Blackburn; he was Vice-President at Ushaw. We are much pleased with him; he seems very anxious to please, and although not a very good preacher yet, still time may improve him. His name is Albott". Mr. Butler-Bowden would appear to be comparing Fr. Albott with the previous missioner. Although Fr. Albott had the reputation for disliking quarrels, he could make a stand over an issue he considered important. This is shown in the following letter, dated July 14th, 1810, from Ralph Platt, Third Year Divine at Ushaw College, to his friend John Briggs who later became a bishop discussing who should become the new President of Ushaw after the death of Thomas Eyre: "Mr. Bradley and indeed Mr. Albott says that if anybody besides Mr. Lingard be appointed, they will quit the place". Father Albott seems to have retained his connections with Ushaw, since the Blackburn Mission subscribed the large sum of £37 in answer to Bishop Gibson's appeal in the Spring of 1814 for financial support for the extension of Ushaw College. As local Parish Priest. Father Albott naturally attended the laying of the foundation stone of Pleasington Priory in June, 1816, and in July, 1819, he celebrated the High Mass for the opening of the new Catholic Chapel of St. Mary's, Samlesbury. Although Pleasington Priory was not formally opened until August, 1819, the sermon at Samlesbury was preached by "The Rev. E. Kenyon of Pleasington". In this same year, 1819, the number of Catholics in Blackburn and district was estimated to be 1,200. On December 23rd, 1819, while Father Albott was still in Blackburn, Bishop Smith held a confirmation at St. Alban's. The fact that 16 members of the Clayton-le-Moors congregation were confirmed on this occasion, suggests that by this time the Blackburn Chapel had established itself as the major Mission in the whole area. Despite his meek appearance, Father Albott played his part in the agitation to bring about Catholic Emancipation. This is illustrated in the following account in the Blackburn Mail, October 5th, 1825: "A meeting of the Blackburn Catholic Association took place at the School in Chapel Street, for the purpose of receiving the Annual Report of the Committee (Chairman John Swarbrick). John Rosson, Esq., Secretary of the Defence Committee of the Metropolitan Committee, attended to receive the Report and to present the Metropolitan Report. On the motion of the Rev. Richard Albott, the respected Catholic Missionary of Blackburn, seconded by Mr. T. Wilcock, the learned gentleman was called to the Chair. Mr. Rosson, before reading the Report, addressed the meeting (Subject Matter-Emancipation). The comment of the local paper on the occasion of Father Albott's departure to act as Chaplain "to a gentleman in the North", in September, 1825 ' suggests that in spite of his apparently unpromising start at the Blackburn Mission, he was as valuable an ambassador for the Catholic cause as Father Dunne: "We cannot suffer this opportunity to pass without bestowing our need of praise on the character and conduct of Mr. Albott while resident in this town. By Protestants of all denominations he was admired and by the rich and poor of his own congregation he was respected and beloved. And well he might, for he was courteous and affable and he considered his interests to be closely identified with those of his flock. Humble and devout, he would not suffer a single member of his Church to pass him (however mean and poor might be his appearance) without giving him the right hand of fellowship and dropping a word of advice or of exhortation; and at the house of sickness and of mourning he was sure to be present dispensing the balm of Christian consolation and healing the broken hearted; in a word, it might be truly said that he was the friend, the father and pastor of his flock, and that by his life and conversation he: 'Allured to brighter worlds and led the way'. At the end of his long career, Father Albott spent 11 years at Lea, near Preston, where he died on  7 April 1837. He was buried under the altar at St. Mary's, Lea." He may have had a brother or other close relation as a priest; Downside lists a James Albot born 1786, ordained 1813 and died 1837. To add to the confusion, the second of two registers at Ellingham and Lingstead Lodge in Kent makes reference to a "Ric. Albott" as being there for a short while between 1810-1840, following Thomas Lawson OSB and being succeeded by John Parsons. (OECM p. 18) Sources: Bolton p.97, D. Clinch Manchester's Hidden Gem 1994 p.61; M Conlon St Alban's, Blackburn 1773-1973 1973, Milburn A History of Ushaw College" 1964, Anon Records and Recollections of Ushaw p. 95, 262; Old English Catholic Missions p.18 ALLEN DANIEL JOSEPH Born 15 February 1845 Ordained 18 October 1871 Died 25 October 1877 Born in Manchester, and educated at Ushaw he gained an external  B.A.  from London University. After ordination by Bishop Turner at Bishop's House, Salford, his only posting was as assistant at St Alban, Blackburn but ill-health obliged him to retire from the mission. His health gave way and he died at home in Moss Side.  Sources: Obituary 1878 Almanac ALLEN  THOMAS Born  24 February 1825 Ordained  22 December 1849 Died 8 January 1892 Born in Macclesfield, he was educated at Ushaw College He served as assistant at St Marie, Bury 1849-1850, St Augustine, Manchester 1850-1855 and became rector at St Ann, Ancoats, November 1855-1866, then at St Aloysius, Ardwick November 1866-1872, and finally at Our Lady' Aspull December 1871-1880. He then served as chaplain to the public institutions in Bolton 1880-1886 before becoming rector in February 1886 at St Peter and Paul, Bolton 1886-1892. He was made Missionary rector there 6 March 1890. The 1881 Census gives his address as 115 High St, which he shared with his housekeeper Susan Stutt, and a servant, Catherine Stutt. He died suddenly, and was buried at Moston 12 January 1892. Sources: Obituary 1893 Almanac (which clearly has a mistake in at least one date); 1881 Census. AMAND VICTOR Born 23 March 1838 Ordained  19 December 1864 Died: date unknown Born St Clement, Manch, France. he trained at St Sulpice, Paris where he was ordained. The Almanacs for 1882,1883 and 1884 give this priest's name in the list of clergy but not where he was posted.  The 1885 Almanac omits his name.  PV1-223 states he entered the Diocese 11 July 1881 and was chaplain to the Holy Cross Convent Bury in 1881. Sources: PV1-223 ANDERTON  JOHN Born 1789 Ordained  1814 Died 8 August 1857 Born in Chorley,  he grew up in Liverpool, was educated at Crook Hall, Ushaw, and was ordained by Bishop Gibson. . He was rector at Lea 1814-1824, St Peter and Paul, Bolton 1825-1836, St John, Burscough 1836-1848,  St James, Bootle 1848-1849, and Great Singleton in the Fylde 1849-1853 when he retired to Congleton. ANHEIER  JOSEPH Born 11 November 1847 Ordained 30 August 1873 Died: No date Born at Coblenz, Treves, and educated at the seminary there, he was ordained for the diocese of Treves and came on loan to Salford diocese where he served as assistant at Darwen 1875-1876. Source: PV1 -127 ARCHBOLD JAMES Born 1873 Ordained 11 or 19 May 1898 Died  16 October 1939 Born to a well known and distinguished family in the city of Kilkenny, Fr Archbold entered St Kieran's College in 1886 and pursued a course of studies lasting 12 years.  He was ordained by Bishop Bilsborrow in St Wilfrid's, Hulme on Ascension Thursday and served as assistant at St Thomas of Canterbury, Higher Broughton 1898-1910. Parish work was such that his health began to fail.  After a short holiday he tried to continue his duties first as Assistant Priest at St Peter, Mill Hill Blackburn with the late Father Kerwin, and later at St Patrick, Oldham under the late Canon O'Callaghan 1910-1914.  However his health broke down completely and he was compelled to retire from active work in the diocese to which he was never able to return. Source - Obituary 1940 Almanac. ARUNDELL  EVERARD ALOYSIUS GONZAGA Born  6 September1834 Ordained 1862 Died 11 July 1907 The Honourable Everard Arundell was born in Hampshire, the son of Henry Benedict Arundell (11th Baron Wardour) and Frances Catherine Tichbourne. Educated at Stoneyhurst, he gained his B. A. at London University. Ordained as a Jesuit priest at St Beuno, North Wales. He served at St Helens 1863-1865 and at Accrington 1871-1872 after which he left the Society. He was at Prior Park near Bath, and served as assistant at Salford Cathedral 1874-1876. He returned to the South West and served at Trowbridge 1877, Shortwood, East Harptree 1878, at Shepton Mallet 1885, Alresford and Circencester 1885-1887 and then in North Wales at St Asaph 1889. He returned to this diocese as assistant at St Patrick, Oldham 1890-1982. He then returned to Trowbridge.  It seems he can be regarded as the founder of the Trowbridge parish. He inherited the title and became 13th Baron Arundell of Wardour. He retired to Bournemouth, apparently in poverty and died there. With such a geographically widespread apostolate, the dates given above can only be approximate.  Sources - Portsmouth Diocesan Archives.  B Plumb (Warrington) and Mrs Riddles  (Trowbridge) personal researches - Who's Who. ASHURST  JOHN Born 1788 Ordained 1815 Died 12 November 1824 Born in Cheshire and educated at Crook Hall and Ushaw, he served in Chester 1815-1818 and then assisted Fr Kenyon at St Mary, Mulberry Street, Manchester and became the first rector of the new parish of St Augustine at the age of 21.  His mission then covered Ashton where he hired premises for Mass. He died of typhus aged 36 and his remains were re-interred at Moston in 1909. AUKES JOHN Born 22 November 1852 Ordained 4 June 1876 Died  27 December 1909 Born St Oudend, Utrecht, Holland, he studied at the seminary in Reisenburg, Holland, came from a well known family. His brother Albert was Dean of Leenwarden and a Dutch Knight. John was ordained in Holland on Whit Sunday 1876 and came to the Diocese in 1877 at the invitation of Bishop Vaughan.  He went as assistant to St Patrick, Livesey Street 1877-1880 but fell seriously ill. Upon recovery he went first to Pleasington Priory and to St Joseph's Bury 1880-1885 as assistant to Fr Fraser. He was asked to start a new mission in the Elton part of Bury.  Ill health again intervened and he spent 18 months convalescing, serving later as chaplain to Bury Convent.  He was the founder rector of St Charles, Rishton 1886-1892, then moved to St John, Ivy Street, Burnley 1892-1896, again as founder rector, and to St Mary, Radcliffe 1896-1902, and at St Mary, Ashton under Lyne 1902-1906. His final post was as Missionary Rector at St Mary, Osbaldeston 1906-1909.  He died in his home land at St Oda Geoticht, Oedenrade, after six months of illness.  Sources PV1-142, Obituary Harvest 1910 p 40; Obituary Almanac 1911. Query -He founded the parishes of Guardian Angels, Elton, according to his Obituary, although Fr Pozzi is generally given as the first resident priest  St Charles, Rishton and St John Burnley. AVERDONK  HERMAN Born 17 September 1849 Ordained  15 August 1881 Died 7 December1917 Born Utrecht, Holland, and educated at Utrecht, Ushaw and the Salford Seminary, he was ordained at Salford Cathedral. He served as assistant at All Saints, Barton 1881-1883. He spent most of his priestly life at St Edmund's, Bolton  1883-1917 where he became rector and later Dean of the Bolton Deanery. He was buried at Heaton Cemetery next to Dean O'Brien.  He is described as being a man of powerful physique. Sources PV1 - 225.