About Thomas Addis Emmet
Lived 1873 – 1950 (aged 77). Thomas Addis Emmet was an American catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Thomas Addis Emmet, SJ August 23, 1873 – October 5, 1950) was an American-born bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as the Vicar Apostolic of Jamaica from 1930 to 1949.
Early life Thomas Emmet was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Edward and Julia (O'Shaughnessy) Emmet. He received his primary and secondary education in Boston before enrolling in Boston College.
Emmet made his novitiate in Frederick, Maryland and professed vows in the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) on August 15, 1895. He continued his education at the College of the Sacred Heart in Woodstock, Maryland and was ordained a priest there by Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore on July 30, 1909.
He continued to serve as the Vicar Apostolic until his resignation was accepted by Pope Pius XII on April 8, 1949, for health reasons.
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Catholic bishop (1873-1950)
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Thomas Addis Emmet was born on 23 August 1873 in Boston.
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