(1890–1967) was an Irish-born priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans), who served as a bishop in Nigeria.
[3] He founded the Holy Rosary College, Enugu girls school in 1935, which was staffed and run by the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary the Killishandra Nuns from his native Cavan.
[4] In 1937 he founded the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ, in Nigeria.
[5] He fought to end slavery, rescuing slaves and promoting education of girls.
The Archbishop Charles Heerey Memorial College of Nursing Sciences, in Aba, Nigeria, run by the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart, is named in his honour.