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Title
Fr. Dietz sitting atop a large pile of hay in Haiyan, China, 1925
Date Created and/or Issued
1925
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 Fr. Dietz sitting on top of a pile of hay in Hoingan [now Haiyan].
Born in New York, Fr. Dietz came to Maryknoll in 1915 and was ordained to the priesthood on September 11, 1916. He took his Perpetual Oath to the Society in 1930. He was assigned to Kongmoon in 1920 and in 1930 he became the Society Superior of the mission. He was a delegate to the first General Chapter of the Society in 1929. In 1932 he was named to the Synodal Commission in Peking. In 1937 he became Procurator General in Rome. He was active in teaching until his death.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 10.2 x 7.9 cm.
Identifier
impa-m3810 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-005-01-0002
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3810
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-005-01-0002.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Clergy
Travel
Portraits
Time Period
1925
Place
China
Hoignan
Source
MKL/China/005/01/0002 [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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