John Keily

John Joseph Keily (1854–1928) was an Irish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[1] The son of Bartholomew and Margaret Keily,[2] he was born on 23 June 1854 in Limerick, Ireland.

He was ordained a priest on 6 May 1877 before being elevated to the episcopate as Bishop of Plymouth on 21 April 1911, a post he held until his death on 23 September 1928; at the age of 74.

On 13 December 1998 he was re-interred in the Lady Chapel vault at Plymouth Cathedral.

[3] St Boniface's Catholic College in Plymouth has a House named after him.