Gerard Clifford [SEP] position held
Gerard Clifford
Gerard Clifford (24 June 1941 – 12 December 2016) was a Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Armagh, Northern Ireland. He was born in Lordship, County Louth. He was educated at Bellurgan National School, Bush Vocational School, St Mary's College, Dundalk, and Saint Patrick’s College, Armagh. He studied for the priesthood at St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth and undertook postgraduate studies both in Maynooth and in the Jesuit Lumen Vitae, Brussels.
Clifford was ordained a priest on
27 Feb 1930
- Konteradmiral Richard Foerster: 27 Feb 1930 - 27 Sep 1932
- Konteradmiral Max Bastian: 1 Oct 1932 - 28 Sep 1934
- Konteradmiral Rolf Carls: 29 Sep 1934 - 20 May 1935
Transition to Kriegsmarine.
On May 21, 1935, the German Navy was renamed as the Kriegsmarine with most of the former Reichsmarine offices carried over into the new organizational structure. The Commander of Ships of the Line remained under Rear Admiral Rolf Carls who held the position as a Kriegsmarine flag officer from