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Title
Bishop Ford in Meixien, China, 1930
Date Created and/or Issued
1930
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 Bishop Ford in Kaying [now Meixien]. He wears a pith helmet and is standing outside with trees in the background. His right hand is on his hip.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bishop Ford was the first student to enter the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America. He was ordained to the priesthood on December 5, 1917 and the following year he accompanied Fathers Price, Meyer and James E. Walsh to China. They began working in Yeungkong and the Kongmoon territory of South China. In 1925, Fr. Ford was assigned to the Kaying diocese. Ten years later, in 1935, Bishop James Anthony Walsh, founder of Maryknoll, consecrated Msgr. Francis Ford as the first Bishop of Kaying. He remained in China throughout World War II. In 1950 Bishop Ford was placed under arrest with his secretary Sr. Joan Marie, MM, placed on trial and sentenced to prison. After a year in prison, Bishop Ford died on February 21, 1952. Sr. Joan Marie confirmed his death when she was released the following September.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 8.2 x 13.9 cm.
Identifier
impa-m3751 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-004-11-0004
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3751
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-004-11-0004.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Clergy
Missionary work
Portraits
Time Period
1930
Place
China
Kaying
Source
MKL/China/004/11/0004 [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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