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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

The Very Rev. Thomas Devoy

The Very Rev. Thomas Devoy, S.M., the Vicar-General of the Arch-Diocese of Wellington, and parish priest of the Te Aro district, was educated for the priesthood in France, and at St. Mary's College, Dundalk, where he was ordained in 1876. Leaving the Old Country for the colonies two years later, per ship “Duke of Athol,” he arrived in Wellington in 1879. The reverend gentleman has since been stationed at Christchurch, Kumara, on the West Coast of the South Island, and Timarn; and he was one of the four priests who established and opened St. Patrick's College in Wellington, an institution which has proved such a magnificent success as an educator of the youth of the Colony. For six years Father Devoy occupied the position of Procurator of the College, only giving up his duties to take charge of Te Aro parochial district, which position was left vacant by the Very Rev. Father Kerrigan, whose failing health compelled him to resign his appointment. Father Devoy is assisted in his parish work by the Rev. Father Goggan, S.M., who was also one of the four priests who were instrumental in establishing St. Patrick's College, and who for a period of eight years filled the post of Professor of Mathematics in connection therewith, while another assistant, the Rev. Father Ainsworth, S.M., The Very Rev. Thomas Devoy is one of the old boys at St. Patrick's College, receiving the early part of his education there, and finishing his religious course at Meanee, near Napier, where he was ordained.