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Title
Maryknoll priests before leaving for Sancian Island at Hong Kong, China, 1926
Date Created and/or Issued
1926
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 Frs. O'Melia and Sheridan at Hong Kong before going to Sancian Island.
Born in Illinois, Fr. Sheridan came to Maryknoll in 1920 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1925. His first assignment was to Kongmoon, China. In 1929 he was assigned to the Philippines where he was interned in 1942 by the Japanese and released in 1945. He was a tireless worker for the development department and in his retirement wrote many articles and books about Maryknoll. -- Rev. O'Melia was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. His family moved to the U.S. in 1903 and he became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1912. He entered Maryknoll in 1914 and was ordained in 1923. He was assigned to Kongmoon. In 1934 he was assigned to direct the Maryknoll language school in Hong Kong, and returned to Kongmoon in 1942. He went to Shanghai in 1945 to work with UNRRA until 1947. After some years in the U.S. he returned to Hong Kong from 1959-1967, returning to the U.S. in 1968.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints 13.1 x 8.3 cm.
Identifier
impa-m8112 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-030-10-0005
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m8112
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-030-10-0005.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Clergy
Travel
Group portraits
Time Period
1926
Place
China
Hong Kong
Source
MKL/China/030/10/0005 [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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