Thomas Maguire (priest)

Thomas Maguire (May 9, 1776 – July 17, 1854) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, a vicar general and an educator.

For other people with the same name, see Thomas Maguire.
Thomas Maguire
Born(1776-05-09)May 9, 1776
Philadelphia
DiedJuly 17, 1854(1854-07-17) (aged 78)
Quebec City, Canada East

Maguire was interested in education and in May 1821 Joseph-Octave Plessis appointed him as part of a committee at Quebec to prepare a constitution for the Quebec Education Society. The committee was led by Joseph-François Perrault.

He supported Bishop Jean-Jacques Lartigue in his struggle with the Sulpicians in the Montreal district.

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