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- c.1948-1994 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
38 items; 19 cm x 12 cm; 11 cm x 8 cm; 9 cm x 8.5 cm; Black and white and colour print
Name of creator
Biographical history
Baptismal name: Michael Browne
Religious name: Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 12 Sept. 1920
Place of birth: Kilcorney, Mallow, County Cork (Diocese of Cloyne)
Name of father: John Browne (Publican and Farmer)
Name of mother: Hannah Brown (née Herlihy)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 3 Oct. 1939
Date of first profession: 4 Oct. 1940
Date of final profession: 4 Oct. 1943
Date of ordination (as priest): 27 May 1948
Educational attainments: BA, 1st class hons. (1943); MA, 2nd class hons. (1944)
Missionary activities: Travelled to Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia), on 11 Nov. 1949. He returned to Ireland on 15 Nov. 2004.
Date of death: 11 Apr. 2008
Place of death: Cork
Place of burial: Cemetery, Rochestown Capuchin Friary, Cork
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
Photographic prints assembled by Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap. (1920-2008) relating to missionary work in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia). Some of the prints have been annotated:
Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap. and religious sisters with local Christians, c.1955.
Christening of Clare Mary Hudson by Fr. Luke Brown OFM Cap. at Mangango on 2 Feb. 1960.
The exterior of St. Theresa’s Church in Livingstone, Zambia, in 1965.
Fr. Luke and Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. with five Sisters of Mercy from Cork at a Mercy Hospital and School in Kenya in May 1974.
Fr. Luke at an open-air market in Kenya in May 1974.
Fr. Luke at a SEACA Meeting in the Seychelles in May 1974.
Fr. Luke celebrating an open-air Mass at Luampungu, Sichili, in Zambia in c.1976.
Fr. Luke celebrating Mass in Tanzania in Dec. 1976.
The parishioners in Sichili Church, Zambia, in c.1977.
Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap. and Fr. Bartholomew Prendiville OFM Cap. at a SEACA Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, in May 1980.
Fr. Luke inspecting a ward in the Cheshire Home, Mongu, Malengwa, Zambia, in Aug. 1987.
Fr. Luke with a Sr. Francis visiting various mission locations in Zambia in Sept. 1994.