Roman Catholic priest - post-nominal letters.

[SiGr]

I have come across a "Very Reverend" RC priest with the post-nominal letters "P.P." and "U.F.". I assume these relate to a religious order but have looked online and found nothing. He was based in Ballycastle, Co. Mayo in Ireland. Can anybody help ? Thank you.

[heywood]

P P would be Parish Priest.

[SiGr]

Wow. That was super-fast. A big 'Thank you !'

[heywood]

I have  just looked at Ballycastle records and there are various squiggles after the priests’ names though but I would think P P would be that. 

[Maiden Stone]

 'Very Reverend' implies some degree of seniority. He may have had some extra responsibility or may have been a priest for a long time and received a courtesy title for long service.
Catholic directories, published frequently, list parishes in each diocese and their clergy. There is usually an alphabetical list of clergy in the directory. The directories also contain a list of clergy who died since the previous edition.
What year was it?
Nothing springs to mind for 'U.F.' If it is an abbreviation for the order to which the priest belonged, a history of the parish might throw some light. Some parishes were under the care of a particular religious order for a while.

[Maiden Stone]

I've consulted 2 lists but the only abbreviation with U.F. is U.F.S. Ursuline Franciscan Sisters. Another order is Ursulines of Jesus (U.J). There are 2 other Ursuline orders listed but as far as I know they are nuns.
Catholic Doors   https://www.catholicdoors.com/misc/abbrev.htm  has over 800 abbreviations of religious orders. They are in alphabetical order of abbreviation - scroll to the end for letter U.

Can search by first letter on Fisheaters site. 
https://www.fisheaters.com/religiousorderabbreviations.html
Nothing under U. Is it definitely U.F.? W.F. is for White Fathers, a missionary order. I recall a White Father who worked in an English parish after he retired as a missionary. V.E. is Institute of the Incarnate Word (English translation)*.
U.F. might be abbreviation for another office he held in the diocese. 
*Edit. Institute of the Incarnate Word was founded 1984 so it won't be that.

[heywood]

Here is a list of the  priests from Ballycastle, Mayo since 1893.
http://www.mayo-ireland.ie/en/towns-villages/ballycastle/ballycastle-history-priests.html

If you are looking at Parish records, yours is possibly earlier than that.

Whilst there are now records online - both parish and civil, a good source is also available at

http://goldenlangan.com/bcreg-marr.html  (Priest not named, unfortunately)

http://goldenlangan.com/bcreg-deaths.html

http://goldenlangan.com/graves-bc.html

Hope these are helpful to you. 

[medpat]

University of F?