Michael_Slattery_(priest)
Michael Slattery (1783–1857) was a Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Archbishop of Cashel & Emly from 1833 to 1857.[1][2]
He was born at Tipperary Town in Ireland in 1783,[2] and was educated at the Abbey School there. He entered Trinity College Dublin when only fifteen years of age, one of the first Catholics to do so, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1804.[3]
He then decided to become a Roman Catholic priest, and was enrolled at the St. Patrick's, Carlow College. He was ordained in 1809,[2] and continued at Carlow as a professor of philosophy and of Moral Theology.[1]
As a priest, Father Slattery served the parishes of Ulla in County Limerick for two years, and Borrisoleigh in County Tipperary for over twenty years.[3]
In 1832 he we elected president of the St Patrick's College, Maynooth;[1] in 1833 he was elected to succeed Archbishop Robert Laffan as head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly, and was installed at Thurles Cathedral on 24 February 1834.[1][2]
Slattery was a moderate Nationalist and supported Daniel O'Connell, but also spoke out against more militant nationalism.[4]
In 1842 Slattery established a foreign mission department in St. Patrick's College, Thurles.
Archbishop Slattery died at Thurles on 4 February 1857.[1][2]