Luke Rivington

1838 (age 61)

London, United Kingdom

After his ordination as an Anglican clergyman in 1862, he became curate of Saint Clement"s, Oxford, leaving there in 1867 for All Saints, Margaret Street, London, where he attracted attention as a preacher. Failing in his efforts to found a religious community at Stoke, Staffordshire, he joined the Cowley Fathers and became superior of their house in Bombay. His ordination to the Catholic priesthood took place on 21 September 1889. He returned to England and settled in Bayswater, not undertaking any parochial work, but devoting himself to preaching, hearing confessions, and writing controversial works. In 1897, the Pope Leo XIII conferred on him an honorary doctorate in divinity. During his latter years he lived near Saint James Church, Spanish Place.

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He was the fourth son of Francis Rivington, a London publisher.

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He was educated at Highgate Grammar School and Magdalen College, Oxford.

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After his ordination as an Anglican clergyman in 1862, he became curate of Saint Clement"s, Oxford, leaving there in 1867 for All Saints, Margaret Street, London, where he attracted attention as a preacher. Failing in his efforts to found a religious community at Stoke, Staffordshire, he joined the Cowley Fathers and became superior of their house in Bombay. His ordination to the Catholic priesthood took place on 21 September 1889.

He returned to England and settled in Bayswater, not undertaking any parochial work, but devoting himself to preaching, hearing confessions, and writing controversial works.

In 1897, the Pope Leo XIII conferred on him an honorary doctorate in divinity. During his latter years he lived near Saint James Church, Spanish Place.

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