Very Reverend Dean Patrick Joseph SMYTH (1849 – 1916)

Name

Very Reverend Dean Patrick Joseph Smyth

Gender

Male

Birthdate

08 September 1849

Birthplace

Limerick, Ireland

Date of death

07 July 1916

Place of death

Wellington

Parents

  • Pat Smyth
  • Ellen Smyth, nee Clefferd

Primary education

Limerick Seminary

Secondary education

St Mary’s Marist College, Belley, Province of Ain, France

Biography

Arrived in New Zealand, 1885
Took charge of Hastings Catholic Church
Helped raise £3300 to build the Sacred Heart Church in Hastings
Promoted erection of church at Clive
Became Superior of Greenmeadows Ecclesiastical College, 1909
Appointed Provincial of Marist Order in New Zealand, 1914

Accession number

710192

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