Thomas Peter McKeefry
Thomas Peter Cardinal McKeefry (born July 3, 1899 in Greymouth , New Zealand , † November 18, 1973 in Wellington ) was Archbishop of Wellington .
Life
McKeefry received his theological and philosophical training in Mosgiel and Rome . He was ordained a priest on April 3, 1926 and subsequently worked as the parish chaplain and personal secretary to the Bishop of Auckland . Until 1947 he also worked as a journalist and editor of the Diözesan-Zeitung. During the Spanish Civil War he worked as a special rapporteur .
Pope Pius XII appointed him in 1947 titular Archbishop of Dercos and Coadjutor Archbishop for the Archdiocese of Wellington. The episcopal ordination received Thomas Peter McKeefry by the Archbishop of Sydney , Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy ; Co- consecrators were Thomas O'Shea , Archbishop of Wellington, and James Michael Liston , Bishop of Auckland. He became Archbishop of Wellington in 1954 and attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965 . Pope Paul VI took him on April 28, 1969 as a cardinal priest with the titular Church Immacolata al Tiburtino in the college of cardinals .
Thomas Peter McKeefry died on November 18, 1973 in Wellington and was buried in the local cathedral .
Web links
- McKeefry, Peter Thomas. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed September 10, 2016.
- Entry on Thomas Peter McKeefry on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on September 10, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas O'Shea |
Archbishop of Wellington 1954–1973 |
Reginald John Cardinal Delargey |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McKeefry, Thomas Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McKeefry, Thomas Peter Cardinal |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand clergyman, Archbishop of Wellington and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 3, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greymouth , New Zealand |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 18, 1973 |
| Place of death | Wellington |