Father Richard Gilhooly

Production date
1932-1933
 Description
Father Richard Gilhooly. Born in 1910 in Pungarehu to Andrew and Kate Gilhooly, he attended Holy Cross Seminary in Mosgiel before obtaining a Doctor of Divinity through the Pontifical Irish College in Rome in 1932 at the age of just 21. He was ordained in 1933 but because of his age (ordination was not formally allowed until the age of 24), he had to get special papal dispensation to take Holy Orders. He worked for a period of time at the Archdiocese of Wellington before dying of tuberculosis (contracted in Rome) in New Plymouth in 1955.
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Object detail

Artist/Maker
Production role
Photographer
Production date
1932-1933
Production place
New Zealand/Taranaki/New Plymouth
Production period
1930s
Subject person
Classification
Photograph/Original Art/Art Object
Collection
Swainson/Woods Collection
Credit line
'Swainson/Woods Collection, Puke Ariki and District Libraries'
Accession number
SW1931-1940.03171
Collection type
Photographs
Material
Black and White Sheet Film
Black and White Negative
Photographic Negative

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Former pastor at St Joseph's Wellington with an active interest in the Apostleship of the Sea, Stella Maris.

- Dr A G Stewart posted 9 years ago.

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