Michael Kennelly

Michael F. Kennelly, S.J.
13th President of the Loyola University New Orleans
In office 1970–1974
Preceded by	Homer R. Jolley, S.J.
Succeeded by	James C. Carter, S.J.
Personal details
Born	May 22, 1914 Kilbaha, Ireland
Died	January 3, 2011(2011-01-03) (aged 96) New Orleans, Louisiana
Alma mater	Spring Hill College National University of Ireland
Profession	Jesuit priest, academic administrator
Religion	Roman Catholic

Michael F. Kennelly, S.J., (May 22, 1914 – January 3, 2011) was an Irish-born American Jesuit and academic administrator. He was a member of the Society of Jesus for more than seventy-seven years.

Kennelly served as the 13th president of Loyola University New Orleans from 1970 until 1974. He was also the founder of Strake Jesuit College Preparatory in Houston, Texas. Kennelly spent thirty-three of his years of his priesthood working in Tampa, Florida on three separate occasions.

Kennelly was born on May 22, 1914, in Kilbaha, Moyvane, County Kerry, Ireland, to parents, Timothy and Mary Jane Kennelly, who resided in County Kerry. He had five brothers and four sisters. In 1929, his uncle invited him to attend high school in New York City. A second uncle, Rev. Patrick Ryan, further encouraged Kennelly to move to Mobile, Alabama, where he attended Spring Hill College, which had a high school on its campus at the time.

Kennelly entered the Society of Jesus, whose members are commonly known as the Jesuits, on June 9, 1933, at St. Charles College in Grand Coteau, Louisiana (Today, St. Charles College is now the Jesuit Spirituality Center at St. Charles College). He obtained his bachelor's degree in classics from Spring Hill College in 1939. He then studied at St. Mary's College, Kansas. He was ordained a Catholic priest within the Society of Jesus in 1946 while studying at St. Mary's College. Kennelly then returned to Ireland, where he received a master's degree in education in 1949 from the National University of Ireland.

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