Patrick Murray (theologian)

Patrick Murray
Born	1811 Clones, County Monaghan
Died	1882 Maynooth, County Kildare
Occupation	Theologian, writer

Patrick Murray (1811 – 1882) was an Irish Roman Catholic theologian.

Murray was born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland. He was educated at Maynooth College, he was elected a Dunboyne, or senior student, 1835. He received a curacy in Dublin, was appointed professor of English and French in Maynooth, 1838, and became professor of theology there, 1841. The remainder of his life he devoted mainly to theological science. In 1879 he was made prefect of the Dunboyne Establishment, which position he held until his death. Dr Murray wrote for the Dublin Review and for magazines, besides publishing four volumes called Essays, Chiefly Theological. His greatest work was De Ecclesia Christi, a masterpiece in positive and controversial theology.

Murray died at Maynooth College in 1882.

References

• 1910 New Catholic Dictionary