Manning, Thomas, 1855-1893, Jesuit priest
- IE IJA J/1673
- Person
- 07 April 1855-22 March 1893
Born: 07 April 1855, Dingle, County Kerry
Entered: 07 September 1875, Milltown Park, Dublin
Ordained: 1888 South Africa
Died: 22 March 1893, St Aidan’s College, Grahamstown, South Africa - Zambezi Mission
Younger Brother of Denis Manning - RIP 1924
Early education at St Stanislaus College SJ, Tullabeg
by 1880 at Laval France (FRA) studying
by 1881 at St Aloysius Jersey Channel Islands (FRA) studying
by 1882 at Leuven Belgium (BELG) studying
by 1883 at at Zambezi Mission
◆ HIB Menologies SJ :
Brother of Denis Manning - RIP 1924
He studied Rhetoric at Milltown and Philosophy at Jersey.
On the occasion of Father Wild’s visit to HIB looking for volunteers for the Zambesi Mission, Thomas volunteered and was accepted. He was sent to Dunbrody on the Eastern Cape, and he was Ordained there.
He then rapidly failed in health and died either at Dunbrody or at Grahamstown 23 March 1893.
Note from Br Thomas Curry Entry
He died there five months after his companion Thomas Manning 06/08/1893