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Title	Fr. Tom Kiernan at Pingnan, China, 1934.
Description	This is a photograph of Fr. Kiernan with the "Pingnan Mission Catechists just prior to the opening of four new catechumenates, totaling over 400 catechumens."; Born in New York, Fr. Kiernan came to Maryknoll in 1921 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1924. In 1927 he was assigned to Maryknoll's new mission in Wuchow, South China. He served as rector of Pingnam mission for two years. While in Wuchow mission he built a church that won international attention for its fine architectural style and was written up in the pages of Liturgical Arts Magazine. He served as group superior of Maryknollers in Wuchow and taught for two years in the Minor Seminary in Kongmoon. He also served the Society in the capacity of Treasurer General. He spent many years in mission in Hawaii. In his later years he served in various capacities in the United States.
Subject	Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Subject (aat)	group portraits
Subject (unesco)	Clergy Missionary work
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Pinganan
Geographic subject (country)	China
Coverage date	1934-01-01
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1934-01-01
Type	images
Previous format (aacr2)	Photographic prints, 18.9 x 9.1 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m3907
Part of collection	International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Part of subcollection	Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
Part of repository	Maryknoll Mission Archives
File	MKL/China/005/09/0007
Rights	http://www.maryknollsociety.org/index.php/articles/2-articles/593; Maryknoll Mission Archives
Access conditions	http://www.maryknollsociety.org/index.php/articles/2-articles/593
Repository name	Maryknoll Mission Archives
Repository address	Maryknoll Mission Archives, PO. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y 10545-0305
Repository email	archives@maryknoll.org
Filename	IMP-MKL-China-005-09-0007
Archival file	impa_Volume8/IMP-MKL-China-005-09-0007.tiff

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