File 7 - Report on the Livingstone Mission

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IE CA AMI/2/2/7

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Report on the Livingstone Mission

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  • July 1973 (Creation)

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2 copies: 12 pp; Typescript

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(11 April 1928-6 October 2006)

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Baptismal name: Edmond Murphy
Religious name: Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 11 Apr. 1928
Place of birth: Newmarket, County Cork (Diocese of Cloyne)
Name of father: Edmond Murphy (Farmer)
Name of mother: Ellen Murphy (née Riely)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 2 Oct. 1946
Date of first profession: 4 Oct. 1947
Date of final profession: 4 Oct. 1950
Date of ordination (as priest): 23 May 1954 (Holy Trinity, Cork)
Educational attainments: BA, 2nd class hons. (1950)
Missionary activities: Travelled to Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia), on 31 Aug. 1954. He returned to Ireland on 6 Oct. 2006.
Leadership positions: Regular Superior, Zambian Mission, 1973-6, 1976-9, 1985-8. He served as Administrator of the Diocese of Livingstone from 1984-5. He also served as a Parish Priest and Diocesan Consultor in Livingstone.
Date of death: 6 Oct. 2006
Place of death: Holy Trinity Capuchin Friary, Cork
Place of burial: Cemetery, Rochestown Capuchin Friary, County Cork

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Report on the Livingstone Mission by Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. (1928-2006) for the Irish Capuchin Provincial Chapter. The report is divided into the following sections:

  1. Apostolate
  2. Education
    (a) Primary schools
    (b) Secondary schools
  3. Medical
  4. Social work
  5. Life of the friars
  6. Finance
  7. Personnel
  8. Katima Mulilo Mission
  9. The future
  10. Annual statistics for the Diocese of Livingstone
  11. Personnel list: Diocese of Livingstone

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