Rev Modestus Henderson OFMCap
Title:
Rev
First Name:
Modestus
Middle Names:
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Henderson
Order:
OFMCap
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Glasgow
Country of Birth:
Scotland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Bruges
Country of Ordination:
Belgium
Ordination Diocese:
Seminary:
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Crawley, Sussex
Country of Death:
England
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Crawley, Sussex
Country of Burial:
England
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Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | Kadina | Curate | 1869 | Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants | |||||
| Adelaide | Port Lincoln | Parish Priest | 1869 | 1872 | Port lincoln cenotaph; Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants |
Biographical Notes
Fr Frank Cresp, Good and Faithful Servants: Recalling the Spirit of the Deceased Priests of the Diocese of Port Augusta and Port Pirie 1888-2008, 2008:
Henderson, Modestus, OFM Cap
Born: 29/6/1840 in Glasgow, Scotland. Baptised Andrew Henderson.
His mother died when he was seven while he was in an Institution in Edinburgh. At the age of 15 he was sent to a 'college' in France "where after a short time 'I became a Catholic and desired to study for the Church.'"
Entered the Capuchins at Versailles, France.
Ordained: 19/12/1863 at Bruges, Belgium.
Curate at Kadina, 1869. Then pioneer Priest in Port Lincoln, all of Eyre Peninsula and beyond. Recalled by his Order to England in 1873. Later served two terms as Provincial.
Died: 5/1/1932. [sic]
Interesting family story. C/F Diocesan History Centre, Peterborough.
(Reproduced with the approval of Sister Mary Cresp RSM)