The Absolute Uniqueness of Monsignor Alfred Gilbey. By Alexander Haydon (Arouca Press, 2025) To say Monsignor Alfrey Gilbey (1901-1998), a priest with English and Spanish heritage, was an eccentric, would be misleading. If he appeared in a novel or on the screen, as a figure of the 1980s or 1990s, the average audience’s suspension of disbelief would be wholly inadequate to the task.
