{"id":5151,"date":"2025-01-23T10:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T10:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defunts.smainternational.site\/?p=5151"},"modified":"2025-02-10T10:29:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T10:29:38","slug":"fr-thomas-fenlon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defunts.smainternational.site\/?p=5151","title":{"rendered":"Fr. Thomas Fenlon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Society of<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>African Missions- Irish Province<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:31% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.defunts.smainternational.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Fr.-Thomas.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5152 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b0513c5608af93983cd5b18bfa79b5e2 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-adcd924402e05bd51741cf58c465293b wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Born in the Diocese of Kildare &amp; Leighlin 12 February 1945<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-75f61f6204b6f32b560a6b5a21da18bd wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>He became a member of our<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Society 25 June 1963<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-aeb6338cd4df081d0900f9e9d348a07c wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ordained to the Priesthood 18 December 1968<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-eb60825fb227693011a2019dd54afc90 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1969&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;1973 Archdiocese&nbsp;of&nbsp;Kaduna,&nbsp;Nigeria<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ad6f6a2e8633081e3a7e7c7a36267788 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1973 \u2013 1977 Nursing Training, Walton Hospital, Liverpool, UK <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9c661d370a141e70c2db41b4e315e79d wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1977 \u2013 1981 Archdiocese of Kaduna, Nigeria<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b2d03f447edc6fa31c355ad4311a5728 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1982 \u2013 1984 Convalescing and Infirmarian at SMA House, Blackrock Road, Cork <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fff4dcf5d1fc372c3b87bfae088007b2 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1985 \u2013 1992 Archdiocese of Westminster &#8211; Chaplain, Central Middlesex Hospital, UK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3466988d1858ab39ab60445292b819df wp-block-paragraph\"><strong> 1992 \u2013 2008 Diocese of East Anglia, UK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-484316ea2b8866d46566c88018d74a3d wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2008<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>\u2013<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>2009<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>Sabbatical<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Programme,<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Kinnoull,<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Scotland<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2397e5c950cb55f5c4ecf0bb96c65da1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2009 \u2013 2019 Promotion Team, SMA House, Claregalway, Co Galway, Ireland <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bd8b015700f2f9a03685998572a3041b wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2019 \u2013 2021 Retired, SMA House, Claregalway, Co Galway, Ireland<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1c07659013d8ce7b1b62f914315ac521 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2021<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>\u2013<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>2025<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>St<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Theresa\u2019s<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Nursing<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Unit,<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>SMA<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>House,<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Blackrock<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Road,<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Cork<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2ca7d477c1e4633349c97eb4b1cb964e wp-block-paragraph\">Fr Tom was in failing health for some years.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-96596ab1a6da5396a5d74cadf4f946d8 wp-block-paragraph\">He died peacefully in St Theresa\u2019s Nursing Unit, SMA House, Blackrock Road, Cork, on 23 January 2025, aged 79 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Society of\u00a0African Missions- Irish Province Born in the Diocese of Kildare &amp; 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