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Browne, Thomas, 1656-1717, Jesuit priest
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1656-25 January 1717
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Born: 21 December 1656, County Waterford
Entered: 13 November 1674, Villagarcía, Galicia, Spain - Castellanae Province (CAST)
Ordained: c. 1685
Final Vows: 15 August 1695
Died: 25 January 1717, Paraná, Asunción, Paraguay - Paraguayensis Province (PAR)
Superior of Paraná Mission.
1678 at Monforte College (CAST)
◆ Fr John MacErlean SJ ;
1685 Arrived in Paraguay and worked among the Indians for the rest of his life. He worked at the “Reductions” of St Xavier, Concepcion and others along the Paraná.
1703 At Asunçion as Procurator of the Missions of Paraná and Uruguay - defending the rights of the Indians against Spanish.
1708-1711 Superior of the Paraná Missions until his health gave way.
◆ James B Stephenson SJ Menologies 1973
Father Thomas Browne SJ 1656-1717
Fr Thomas Browne was born in Waterford in 1656.
Having joined the Society in 1874, he went to Paraguay in 1685. He laboured in the Reductions of St Xavier Conception and other missionary centres along the Parana and uruguay. He successfully defended the right of his Indian Christians against the local Spanish authorities.
He became Superior of all the Parana Mission in 1708-1711. His health gave way in 1715 and he died two years later.
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