Robert Cyril Hamilton Glover Elliott was an eminent Irish clergyman in the middle of the 20th century.
13 Facts About Cyril Elliott
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Robert Cyril Hamilton Glover Elliott was born in November 1890 in Dublin, Ireland.
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Cyril Elliott was introduced to a life of religion at a very young age, participating in church daily with his father.
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Cyril Elliott was educated at Aravon School, Bray; Trent College, Derbyshire; and Trinity College Dublin.
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Cyril Elliott was an outstanding student, and while at Trinity College, he further progressed his infatuation with following in his fathers footsteps by fully engulfing himself in classes on Catholicism and early Greek and Roman thought.
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Cyril Elliott's life was filled with numerous job opportunities, which eventually led to numerous job titles.
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In 1914, once finished with schooling, Cyril Elliott was ordained as a curate.
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Cyril Elliott served soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen during his time as chaplain, and even administered services for the families of many soldiers.
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From 1930 to 1938, Cyril Elliott served as the vicar of St Patrick's, Belfast.
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Under constant pressure and stress from other clergy members, Cyril Elliott found his task as dean difficult.
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Cyril Elliott was chairman of a committee dealing with Diocesan Ordination Bursaries Fund which ensured that no one with qualifications and the vocation was debarred from the ministry for want of money.
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Cyril Elliott died, aged 86, in 1977 and was cremated at Roselawn on the outskirts of Belfast after a funeral service in St Polycarp's, Finaghy.
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Archbishop Simms mentioned that Cyril Elliott had followed the great and highly valued tradition of a person-to-person ministry and lived, to a remarkable degree, in the lives of others.