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- 22 Oct. 1923 (Creation)
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2 pp; typescript
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Baptismal name: Edward Bowe
Religious name: Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 19 Sept. 1856
Place of birth: Tullaroan, County Kilkenny
Name of father: Thomas Bowe (b. 3 Nov. 1816)
Name of mother: Ellen Bowe (née Maher) (b. 1815)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 8 Apr. 1877
Date of first profession: 21 Apr. 1878
Date of final profession: 8 Sept. 1881
Date of ordination (as priest): 27 Aug. 1882
Leadership positions: Provincial Minister: 1901-4, 1907-10, 1916-9, 1922-5; Provincial Definitor (Councillor): 1887-90, 1890-3, 1893-6, 1895-8, 1898-1901, 1913-6; Custos: 1904, 1910, 1919, 1925
Date of death: 25 Nov. 1926
Place of death: Church Street Friary, Dublin
Place of burial: Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin
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Letter from Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, to Fr. Joseph Fenelon OFM Cap. affirming that group of English Capuchin friars, led by Fr. Nicholas, is set to arrive in New York on 3 November. By arrangement with the English Provincial and Rome, these friars will be attached to the Irish headquarters at Abbottstown, Pennsylvania. The letter mentions ongoing efforts to document and establish foundations in places like Bend, Hermiston, Roseburg, and Lincoln, while noting a lack of formal documents for the mission in Mendocino.