Augustine Hoey Explained

Type:bishop
Honorific Prefix:Monsignor
Augustine Hoey
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Birth Date:22 December 1915
Death Place:St Peter's Residence, Vauxhall, London, United Kingdom
Buried:Walsingham, United Kingdom
Nationality:British
Religion:Roman Catholic
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Augustine Hoey (born Thomas Kenneth Hoey, 22 December 1915 – 26 September 2017) was an English priest who served as the prior of the Anglo-Catholic Community of the Resurrection in Mirfield in West Yorkshire and also at the Royal Foundation of St Katharine.

Hoey spent most of his life as an Anglican, but converted to Catholicism and was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1995. He was made a monsignor by Pope Francis.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Monsignor Augustine Hoey Obituary. The Times. 22 October 2017.
  2. Web site: Monsignor Augustine Hoey – obituary. 8 October 2017. 22 October 2017. Telegraph.co.uk.
  3. Web site: Tributes paid to 101-year-old priest Mgr Augustine Hoey – Roman Catholic Diocese Of East Anglia. Rcdea.org.uk. 22 October 2017.
  4. Web site: Man of the century . CatholicHerald.co.uk. 17 December 2015. 22 October 2017.
  5. Web site: 100th Birthday of Mgr Augustine Hoey - Diocese of Westminster. Rcdow.org.uk. 22 October 2017.