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Thomas Quigley died Dec. 11, 2021, at age 91.
The four-decade staffer at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, mostly in its foreign policy office, was considered one of the leading experts on the Catholic Church in Latin America.
Quigley died Dec. 11 at 91.
Hired in 1962, Quigley was the longest-serving staffer — at 45 years — when he accepted a buyout during restructuring of the bishops’ conference in 2007, Catholic News Service reported.
Early in his career there he oversaw a program similar to the Peace Corps called Papal Volunteers.
He met St. Oscar Romero in 1977 for the first time and was last with him on the day before the Salvadoran archbishop was killed while celebrating Mass on March 24, 1980, CNS reported. Quigley authored the introduction to the English translation of Romero’s diaries of his life as San Salvador archbishop.
Later in Quigley’s career, he was an adviser on East Asian affairs, concentrating on human rights and religious freedom.
Thomas Quigley died Dec. 11, 2021, at age 91.
The four-decade staffer at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, mostly in its foreign policy office, was considered one of the leading experts on the Catholic Church in Latin America.
Quigley died Dec. 11 at 91.
Hired in 1962, Quigley was the longest-serving staffer — at 45 years — when he accepted a buyout during restructuring of the bishops’ conference in 2007, Catholic News Service reported.
Early in his career there he oversaw a program similar to the Peace Corps called Papal Volunteers.
He met St. Oscar Romero in 1977 for the first time and was last with him on the day before the Salvadoran archbishop was killed while celebrating Mass on March 24, 1980, CNS reported. Quigley authored the introduction to the English translation of Romero’s diaries of his life as San Salvador archbishop.
Later in Quigley’s career, he was an adviser on East Asian affairs, concentrating on human rights and religious freedom.