Société des Missions Africaines

–  Irish Province

Rev Father Fintan Daly

 Born in the Diocese of Clonfert
16 February 1938
He became a memberof our Society 
25 June 1958
Ordained to the Priesthood 
16 December 1964

 1965 - 1966  Holy Cross Catholic Church, Ikire, Diocese of Ibadan, Nigeria
1966 - 1979 Teaching Staff, St Theresa’s Minor Seminary, Diocese of Ibadan, Nigeria
1973 - 1974 Sabbatical Programme, Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland
1979 - 1990 Rector, St Theresa’s Minor Seminary, Diocese of Ibadan, Nigeria
1990 - 2002 Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Eleta, Diocese [later Archdiocese] of Ibadan,
                     Nigeria, during which he was also Vicar General.
2002 - 2005 Deputy Regional Superior, Nigeria South, SMA House, Orita-Challenge,
                    Archdiocese of Ibadan, Nigeria
2002 - 2021 St Leo’s Parish, Orita-Challenge, Archdiocese of Ibadan, Nigeria
2021 - 2022  African Missions, Blackrock Road, Cork, Ireland
2022             Retired, SMA Zimmermann House, Claregalway, Ireland 

Fr Fintan was in failing health for the past few months. He died peacefully in St Theresa’s Nursing Unit,
African Missions, Blackrock Road, Cork, on 22 February 2023, aged 85 years.