Mansfield, Michael, 1910-1985, former Jesuit priest

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Mansfield, Michael, 1910-1985, former Jesuit priest

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23 January 1910-24 April 1982

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Born: 23 January 1910, Tritonville Road, Sandymount, Dublin, County Dublin
Entered: 02 September 1929, St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, County Offaly
Ordained: 13 May 1942, Milltown Park, Dublin
Final Vows: 23 March 1945
Died: 24 April 1982, New Jersey, NJ, USA

Transcribed: HIB to ASL 05 April 1931

Left Society of Jesus: 1957/8

Older brother of James Mansfield - LEFT 12 June 1937

Father, John Joseph, was a manager at Johnston, Mooney & O’Brien confectionary Mother was Elizabeth (McGowan).

Second eldest of nine boys (1 deceased) and he has one sister.

Early education was at the Christian Brothers in Westland Row and then at the National School in Sandymount. He then went to Synge Street for two years and Skerry’s College for one. After this he went to work for the “Our Boys” publication in Richmond Place, Dublin. A year later he returned to school at McCaffrey’s Intermediate and Civil Service College, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin. He also attended a Commercial night school, gaining a Department of Education Certificate in Commercial Correspondence and Book keeping.

Baptised at Star of the Sea Sandymount, 24/010/1910
Confirmed at St Andrew’s, Westland Row by Dr Miller, 03/02/1920

1929-1931: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, , Novitiate
1931-1935: Rathfarnham Castle, Juniorate, UCD
1935-1938: St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg, Philosophy
1938-1939: Mungret College SJ, Regency
1939-1943: Milltown Park, Theology
1943-1944: Rathfarnham Castle, Tertianship
1944-1949: Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne, Teaching
1949-1950: Holy Spirit Seminary, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, Lecturing in Economics at Hong Kong University
1950-1957: Ricci Hall, Hong Kong, Lecturing Economics at Hong Kong University
1955-1956: Studies in New York University

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St Mary's, Star of the Sea, Sandymount Road, Dublin

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