Background
Diman, John Hugh was born on May 24, 1863 in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review J. Lewis and Emily Gardner (Stimson) Diman.
Diman, John Hugh was born on May 24, 1863 in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review J. Lewis and Emily Gardner (Stimson) Diman.
Student St. Charles House Oxford, England, 1918-1919, Ecclesiastical Academy, Rome, 1919-1920.
Ordained deacon Episcopal Church, 1898. With St. Columbia’s Chapel, Middletown, Rhode Island, 1888-1892. Teacher University Grammar School, Providence, Rhode Island, 1892-1895.
Founder and headmaster St. George’s School, Middletown, Rhode Island, 1896-1917. Founder of the Diman Vocational School, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1912. Entered Roman Catholic Church, 1917.
Captain American Red Cross in Europe, 1918. Ordained priest, 1921, curate, Our Lady of Lourdes, New York City, 1922-1923. Joined Benedictine Order, 1923.
Changed name of John Byron Diman (legal name) to John Hugh Diman. Member Community of St. Anselm’s Priory, Washington, District of Columbia, 1924-1926. Headmaster Priory School, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, 1926-1942 (except September 1932-June 1934).
Prior, Portsmouth Priory, November 1929-August 1940. President Harvard Teachers Association, 1908-1910.
Member Community of St.