Maryknoll priests the day before ordinations at Danzhu, China, 1949

• Main Author: Hirst, Fr.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: University of Southern California Digital Library (USC.DL) 2012
• Subjects: Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America; group portraits; Clergy; Religious communities; Donnelly; Greenland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25549/impa-m5740; https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/asset-management/2A3BF1DJ08P6

This is a photograph of "[Back row, left to right] Frs. Donnelly, Donaghy and Curran. [Front row, left to right] Frs. Moore and Edmonds." They are cooling off the day before ordinations at Wuzhou.; Born in Pennsylvania, Fr. Donnelly came to Maryknoll in 1929 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1932 and assigned to Wuchow in South China. In 1940 he was appointed Society Superior for the Wuchow mission. He was imprisoned by the Chinese Communists in 1951 and in 1952 had to leave China for Hong Kong. He served as chaplain for civilian workers in Greenland and later spent many years in Taiwan where he died and was buried. -- Born in Massachusetts, Bp. Donaghy came to Maryknoll in 1925 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1929. His first mission was to Kaying in 1929. His first yers were spent in Chongpu mission where he became proficient in the Kakka dialect. He also taught in the minor seminary. He was assigned to Tsungow and remained there for seven years. In 1935 he was appointed Vicar Delegate of Kaying. He was then appointed Vicar Apostolic of Wuchow and was consecrated a Bishop on September 21, 1939. During World War II he remained in Wuchow with his priests and performed relief work for the people. The Communists moved into Wuchow in 1949 and he was imprisoned for six months and then confined to house arrest in Wuchow. He was eventually expelled in 1955.