C.C. on priest's gravestone?

[Colleen O'Neill Conlan]

While in Ireland, I found the grave of REV. JOHN CUMMINS C.C. whom I believe to be the brother of my gg-grandmother. He was a priest, buried in the churchyard at Breedogue Church in Co. Roscommon. Does anyone know what "C.C." would mean? I'm guessing "Catholic Clergy".It might actually be "G.G." though I believe its "C.C." Also, does anyone know the actual townland for Breedogue Church? It is located along the Frenchpark-Boyle Rd (R361).Thanks for any help...Colleen
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[Ed. Gaffney]

: While in Ireland, I found the grave of REV. JOHN CUMMINS C.C. whom I believe to be the brother of my gg-grandmother. He was a priest, buried in the churchyard at Breedogue Church in Co. Roscommon. Does anyone know what "C.C." would mean? I'm guessing "Catholic Clergy".It might actually be "G.G." though I believe its "C.C." Also, does anyone know the actual townland for Breedogue Church? It is located along the Frenchpark-Boyle Rd (R361).Thanks for any help...Colleen<p>Hi,<p>It's C.C. an abbreviation used for Curate.<p>Regards<p>Ed. Gaffney

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[Sean]

: While in Ireland, I found the grave of REV. JOHN CUMMINS C.C. whom I believe to be the brother of my gg-grandmother. He was a priest, buried in the churchyard at Breedogue Church in Co. Roscommon. Does anyone know what "C.C." would mean? I'm guessing "Catholic Clergy".It might actually be "G.G." though I believe its "C.C." Also, does anyone know the actual townland for Breedogue Church? It is located along the Frenchpark-Boyle Rd (R361).Thanks for any help...Colleen<p>Colleen,<p>C.C. stands for "Catholic Curate," meaning he was one step below Parish Priest, designated "P.P." who would have been his "boss" so to speak. It also indicates that he was responsible for ONE of the churches in the Parish, but not all of them. Sometimes these smaller churches, below the Parish level, were/are called "Chapels," and sometimes, but always, the area covered by that Chapel was called a "half-parish" although "curacy" would be much more accurate.

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[Brian]

Breedoge Church is on the townland of Cloonacarrow. For excellent informaiton and history of this area check out the "Links" section on this site and go to "Naughten Family History". There is a lot of information about the Breedoge/Kingsland area towards the end of hte text of the Naughten site.<p><br>
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[Tom Fitzsimmons]

I've got a feeling this is one like the old answers to <br>"What does 'IHS' stand for." (I think the answer to that one is the first three Greek letters of the name, "Jesus", and not "In hoc signum..." or "I have suffered!"<br>The Internet Catholic Encyclopedia has an article on ecclesiastical abbreviations, and says C.C. means "curatus" and P.P. means "parochus" but I'm not convinced about that. I'm pretty sure the letters are abbreviations for Latin, but simply "curatus" for C.C. seems a simplification. The article is at<br>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01022a.htm<p>Wait 'til you find a stone with V.F. on it!<br>
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