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Thomas Percy Plowden

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Thomas Percy Plowden (born at Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England, 1672; died at Watten, 21 September 1745) was an English Jesuit administrator.

Life

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He joined the Society of Jesus in 1693. He was rector of the English College, Rome, 1731–34; superior at Ghent, 1735–39; and rector of the College of St. Omer, 1739-42.

He translated Paolo Segneri's Devout Client of the Blessed Virgin, and wrote the preface to it. He died at the novitiate of Watten.

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Attribution
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainHerbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Thomas Percy Plowden". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. The entry cites:
    • Henry Foley, Records of the English Province of the Society of Jesus, IV, VII.