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Title
Maryknoll Priest in Pingnam, China, 1930
Creator
Dempsey, Fr. A.F
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
A photograph of Father Joseph Regan sitting on a hill neighboring Pingnam [now Pingnan]. He is wearing a hat. A village is visible in the distance.
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.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 10.3 x 8 cm.
Identifier
impa-m3299 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-002-12-0005
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3299
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-002-12-0005.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Mountains
Travel
Distant views
Time Period
1930
Place
China
Pingnan
Source
MKL/China/002/12/0005 [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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