Francis Kelly[1] was an Irish prelate[2] of the Roman Catholic Church in the 19th century.

[3] Kelly was born in Drudgeon, County Tyrone on 6 August 1812[4] He was educated at St Patrick's College, Maynooth and ordained on 13 June 1840.

After curacies in Strabane and Culdaff he was parish priest at Upper Fahan.

[5] He served as Coadjutor Bishop of Derry from 1849 until 1864, and then Diocesan Bishop of Derry until his death on 1 September 1889.

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