{"id":5048,"date":"2024-07-09T21:27:50","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T21:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defunts.smainternational.site\/?p=5048"},"modified":"2025-02-10T23:21:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T23:21:18","slug":"fr-peter-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defunts.smainternational.site\/?p=5048","title":{"rendered":"Fr. Peter Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Society of<\/strong> African Missions- Irish Province<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Born in the Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland 4 July 1936<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He became a member of our Society 24 June 1956<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ordained to the Priesthood 21 December 1962<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1963\u20141973   Diocese of Benin City, Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1973\u20141978   Bishop\u2019s Secretary, Diocese of Issele-Uku, Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1978\u20141983   Provincial Councillor & Superior, SMA House, Wilton, Ireland <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1983\u20141985   Anglophone Secretary, SMA Generalate, Rome, Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1985\u20141986 Assistant to the Superior, African Missions, Dromantine, Ireland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1987\u20141991   Vice Superior & Bursar, SMA House, Blackrock Road, Cork, Ireland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1991\u20141993   Seconded to the British Province, Formation House Staff, London, England <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1993\u20141995 Rector, SMA Formation House, Lyonsdown Road, London, England<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1996\u20142004 Seconded to the Diocese of Elphin, Ireland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2004\u20142011   Vice Superior & Bursar, African Missions, Dromantine, Ireland <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011\u20142016 Bursar, African Missions, Dromantine, Ireland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016\u20142020   Assistant to the Superior, African Missions, Dromantine, Ireland <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020\u20142023       Retired, African Missions, Dromantine, Ireland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023             Transferred to St Theresa\u2019s Nursing Unit, Blackrock Road, Cork, Ireland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fr Peter died unexpectedly and peacefully in St Theresa\u2019s Nursing Unit, Blackrock Road, Cork, on 9 July 2024, aged 88 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After his Ordination in 1962, Fr Peter was appointed the Diocese of Benin City, Nigeria where he served for 10 years. Following the creation of the Diocese of Issele-Uku, Fr Peter transferred there as Secretary to the Most Rev Bishop Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji, the first Bishop of the Diocese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fr Peter was recognized as an efficient administrator and it was not a great surprise when, at the Irish Provincial Assembly, he was elected by his confreres a member of the Irish Provincial Council [1978 \u2013 1983]. At the same time, he was Superior of the SMA community in Wilton, Cork, which included those seminarians from Ireland and England undertaking their Spiritual Year programme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After completing his term of office, the SMA Superior General invited Fr Peter to be his Anglophone Secretary at the SMA Generalate in Rome. In 1985, Fr Peter returned to Ireland and was appointed to our House in Dromantine, Newry, Co Down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 1987 to 1991, Fr Peter was the Vice Superior and Bursar in the SMA House, Blackrock Road, Cork. He then gave four years of service in the British Province, following which he returned to his home diocese of Elphin where he ministered in local parishes for eight years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2004, Fr Peter returned to Dromantine and over the next sixteen years, he served in different capacities there, including Bursar, Vice-Superior etc. He took great joy in overseeing the extensive grounds of our Retreat and Conference Centre. In 2020, he retired from his different posts and continued to live in Dromantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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