FRATELLI FRANCESCANI DI MOUNT BELLEW

Franciscan Brothers of Mount Bellew – A religious congregation founded in the 16th century, reorganized in 1818 by the provincial of the Irish Friars Minor and placed under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Tuan in 1830. It is dedicated to the education of male youth and currently has 15 houses in Ireland with 10 religious.

BIBL.: G. Pou y Martel, Constitutions trium Ordinum religiosorum S. P. N. Francisci, Rome 1929, p. 205. Cesario van Hulst