John Dobree Dalgairns (21 October 1818 – 6 April 1876), English Roman Catholic priest, was born in Guernsey.
[1] On his return to England in 1848, he was attached to the London Oratory, where he laboured successfully as a priest, with the exception of three years spent in Birmingham.
[1] Soon after taking his degree, Dalgairns contributed a letter to Louis Veuillot's ultramontane organ L'Univers, on "Anglican Church Parties," which made him a reputation.
[2] Together with Mark Pattison and others, he translated the Catena aurea of St Thomas Aquinas, a commentary on the Gospels, taken from the works of the Fathers.
[1] A list of his contributions on religious and philosophical subjects, to the reviews and periodicals, is given in Joseph Gillow's Bibliographical Dictionary of English Catholics, volume ii.