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PROFESSORS AND LECTURERS
APPOINTED BY THE NUI
(up to, and including, July 1997)
Explanatory Note:
Up to and including the Senate meeting of July 1997, University Professors
and Lecturers of the Constituent Colleges were appointed by the Senate.
Under the Universities Act, 1997, appointments in the four NUI Constituent
Universities are now made by their governing authorities.
The names of those University Professors and Lecturers of the Constituent
Colleges appointed by the Senate of the National University of Ireland up to,
and including, July 1997 are listed in University Calendars published prior to
the Calendar of 1998.
ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS OF CATHOLIC
THEOLOGY
In December 1912, the Catholic Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland
endowed a Professorship of Catholic Theology in the University.
In December 1938, the Catholic Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland
endowed the Professorships of Catholic Dogmatic Theology, Catholic Moral
Theology, and Catholic Biblical Theology in the University in lieu of the
previous Professorship.
(See Irish Universities Act, section 7, sub-sec. 4 and Copy of Deed of
Foundation, Calendar NUI, 1941, page 22)
Nominations of the Hierachy, approved by the Senate:
Right Reverend Monsignor John Greehy, PP (deceased, 2006)
Reverend Brendan Leahy, DD
Reverend Paul Tighe, STL
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National University of Ireland Calendar 2004-2008