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George Henry Christen Duggan (3 July 1912 – 16 December 2012[1]) was a New Zealand Marist priest, philosopher, seminary professor and writer.
Early life
He was born in Runanga, New Zealand and was educated by the Marist brothers in Greymouth and by the Sisters of Mercy in Reefton. He received his secondary education from the Marist fathers at St Bede's College, Christchurch, of which he was dux two years in a row. Duggan then went to Greenmeadows Seminary in Hawkes Bay in Hawke's Bay, where he was ordained as a Marist priest on 4 February 1931, the day after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake.
Academic career and contribution
Later years
See also
Notes
- ^ Tim Donoghue, "Priest vigorously defended religious ideals with letter writing", The Dominion Post, 5 January 2012, p. B6.
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