Thomas Patrick Collins
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ChurchCatholic Church
SeeTitular See of Sufetula
AppointedNovember 15, 1960
In officeMarch 7, 1961 - November 1968
Most Reverend Thomas P. Collins, M.M. | |
|---|---|
| Vicar Apostolic of Pando | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| See | Titular See of Sufetula |
| Appointed | November 15, 1960 |
| In office | March 7, 1961 - November 1968 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 21, 1942 |
| Consecration | March 7, 1961 by Hugh Aloysius Donohoe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 13, 1915 |
| Died | December 7, 1973 (aged 58) Rhinebeck, New York |
Thomas Patrick Collins, M.M. (January 13, 1915 – December 7, 1973) was an American-born Catholic missionary and bishop. As a member of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll) he was assigned to missions in Bolivia. He served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Pando from 1961 to 1968.
Thomas Collins was born in the San Francisco, California, and was one of seven children.[1] He was educated at Sacred Heart School and studied for the priesthood at seminaries in Mountain View, California, and Venard before being ordained a priest on June 21, 1942.