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William Joseph Mackey

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The Reverend
William Joseph Mackey
S.J.
Born(1915-08-19)August 19, 1915
Montreal, Canada
DiedOctober 18, 1995(1995-10-18) (aged 80)
Thimphu, Bhutan
Orders
Ordination15 August 1945

William Joseph Mackey, S.J. (August 19, 1915 – October 18, 1995) was a Canadian Catholic priest and Jesuit educator.

Early life

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William Joseph Mackey was born on August 19, 1915 in Montreal, Canada to Kitty Murphy, an Irish Catholic, and Herbert Mackey, a Protestant of Irish descent.[1] Mackey received a Catholic primary education and successfully applied for scholarship at Loyola College, which included a high school.[2] He was accepted into the Society of Jesus shortly after graduating from high school and joined the St. Stanislaus Novitiate in Guelph, Ontario on 14 August 1932.[3]

Mackey was ordained a priest on 15 August 1945 by Archbishop Joseph Charbonneau in the Immaculate Conception Church.[4] He pronounced his final vows on 15 August 1949.[5]

Mackey died on 18 October 1995, in a hospital in Thimphu, due to an infected gum which lead to blood poisoning.[6]

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Citations

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  1. ^ Solverson, p. 27.
  2. ^ Solverson, p. 29–30.
  3. ^ Solverson, p. 34–35.
  4. ^ Solverson, p. 44.
  5. ^ Solverson, p. 63.
  6. ^ "Bhutanese King and Government Mourn Death of First Catholic Missionary". Union of Catholic Asian News. 13 November 1995.

Sources

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  • Solverson, Howard (1995). The Jesuit and the Dragon: The life of Father William Mackey in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. Montreal: Robert Davies Publishing. ISBN 1895854377.

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