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King, Thomas, Jesuit Priest
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Born: Ireland
Entered: 1762,
Ordained:
Died: 1788, Korea (a Martyr)
Official Catalogus Defuncti MISSING
◆ In Chronological Catalogue Sheet as Ent c 1762 and Old/15 (1)
◆ Old/16 has : “Thomas King”; DOB prob Ireland; Ent c 1762; RIP 1788 Corea
◆ Old/19 has “Martyr” 1784 probably Irish
◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
Two Entries
Ent c 1760 or pre 1762 and most probably Irish, certainly a native of GB or Ireland.
1788 Put to death in Korea for the faith (Marshall’s Missions “It is perhaps worthy of remark that England has had the honour of giving martyr to Corea. During 1788, Father Thomas King, of the Society of Jesus died in that land”)
◆ Henry Foley - Records of the English province of The Society of Jesus Vol VII
KING, THOMAS, Father (Irish), entered the Society about 1760 (Father Hogan's list.) He is probably the Father named by Mr. Marshall in his Christian Missions. “It is, perhaps, worthy of remark that England has had the honour of giving a martyr to Corea. During 1788, Father Thomas King, of the Society of Jesus, died in that land."