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Revision as of 23:09, 15 September 2023 by Alan.jones.ski (talk | contribs) (→Church life: More deatils added)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Right Reverend Thomas Anselm Burge O.S.B. was a parish priest in Liverpool, England, and became Abbot of Westminster Cathedral. He was born in 1864 died on 17 July 1929.
Early Life
Fr. Burge was educated at Ampleforth Abbey.
http://www.plantata.org.uk/obits/matthews/burge_a.htm
Church life
Fr Burge took Solemn Vows and became Subdeacon in 1969. He as ordained Priest in 1874 and, after some other posts, was Prior of Ampleforth from 1885-1897. He settled as Parish Priest of St_Austin's_Church,_Grassendale, from 1899 and lived at the Presbytery in Aigburth Road, Liverpool, until his death in 1929, havng been nominated as Abbot of Westminster Cathedral in 1917.
Private life
Fr. Burge was an accomplished musician and an authority on church music. He was a founder of the Rodewald Concert Society in Liverpool, but resigned from the Committee in 1913. He composed 'Chant of the Monks' for the Liverpool 700th Anniversary Pageant and also a song 'Poor Lorraine'.
References
- Liverpool Archdiocese Directory and Guide to the Quarant’ Ore, 1930, p. 29
- Archives of the Rodewald Concrt Society, Liverpool Record Office, Ref 780 RCS/1/1/1, 27 Apr 1911