Hugh O'Flaherty

The Right Reverend Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty CBE
Church	Catholic Church
Orders
Ordination	20 December 1925
Personal details
Born	(1898-02-28)28 February 1898 Lisrobin, Kiskeam, County Cork, Ireland
Died	30 October 1963(1963-10-30) (aged 65) Cahersiveen, County Kerry, Ireland
Buried	Daniel O'Connell Memorial Church
Alma mater	Mungret College

Hugh O'Flaherty CBE (28 February 1898 – 30 October 1963) was an Irish Catholic priest, a senior official of the Roman Curia and a significant figure in the Catholic resistance to Nazism. During the Second World War, O'Flaherty was responsible for saving 6,500 Allied soldiers and Jews. His ability to evade the traps set by the German Gestapo and Sicherheitsdienst (SD) earned him the nickname "The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican".^[1]

After the war, he was named a papal domestic prelate by Pope Pius XII and served as notary of the Holy Office. He worked alongside and assisted Alfredo Ottaviani until 1960.