Andrew Donlevy was an Irish Roman Catholic priest and educator.

Life

Little is known about his early life. He went abroad to study for the priesthood, reaching Paris in 1710 and becoming a student at the Irish College

Irish College in Paris

The Irish College in Paris was for three centuries a major Roman Catholic educational establishment, for Irish students. It was founded in the late sixteenth century, and closed down by the French government in the early twentieth century....

. His clerical course finished, he was ordained priest, and in 1728 was appointed prefect in the college, an office he held till 1746.

He had also attended lectures at the university, graduating both in theology and law. While holding the office of prefect, he drew up a new code of rules for the government of the college, placing it under the control of the Archbishop of Paris

Archbishop of Paris

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris is one of twenty-three archdioceses of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The original diocese is traditionally thought to have been created in the 3rd century by St. Denis and corresponded with the Civitas Parisiorum; it was elevated to an archdiocese on...

 and subject to the University of Paris

University of Paris

The University of Paris was a university located in Paris, France and one of the earliest to be established in Europe. It was founded in the mid 12th century, and officially recognized as a university probably between 1160 and 1250...

.

Works

He published in 1742 an Irish-English catechism

Catechism

A catechism , i.e. to indoctrinate) is a summary or exposition of doctrine, traditionally used in Christian religious teaching from New Testament times to the present...

of the Christian Doctrine, an edition of which appeared in Dublin in 1848.

External links

• Eirdata page