MacQuillan, Jerome, 1923-1968, Capuchin priest

Baptismal name: Peter MacQuillan
Religious name: Fr. Jerome MacQuillan OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 28 Aug. 1899
Place of birth: Drogheda, County Louth,
Name of father: William MacQuillan (Merchant)
Name of mother: Margaret MacQuillan (née Kelly)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 17 Sept. 1923
Date of first profession: 18 Sept. 1924
Date of final profession: 18 Sept. 1927
Date of ordination (as priest): 29 June 1931
Educational attainments: BA (1927)
Missionary activities: Travelled to Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia), in 1933.
Date of death: 8 Dec. 1968
Place of death: Cape Town, South Africa
Place of burial: Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, South Africa