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Title
Maryknoll priests at Pingnan, China, 1930
Date Created and/or Issued
1930-04-27
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
This is a photograph of [left to right] Frs. Tennien, Jones and Regan waiting for weekend Mission trips. The priests have packed their belongings in large baskets and suitcases.
Born in Massachusetts, Bishop Regan entered Maryknoll in 1927 and was ordained to the priesthood on January 27, 1929. He was consecrated a Bishop on April 25, 1962. He spent 22 years in South China, from 1929-1951. He was in Kweilin, Wuchow, and Laipo.
He was placed under house arrest in 1950 and was expelled in 1951 and returned to the United States. He began the new mission in the Philippines and served there for the rest of his life. -- Born in Michigan, Fr. Jones came to Maryknoll in 1922 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1924. In 1927 he was assigned to Wuchow, China. He spent six years working in Watlam, China. He died in China and was buried at Tung Ling. --
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 11.3 x 7.7 cm.
Identifier
impa-m3888 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-005-08-0008
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3888
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-005-08-0008.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Clergy
Missionary work
Group portraits
Time Period
1930-04-27
Place
China
Pingnan
Source
MKL/China/005/08/0008 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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