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Thomas Frederick Price
North Carolina priest and co-founder of the Maryknoll missioners
Servant of GodFull write-upUnited States
Born
19 April 1860
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Died
12 September 1919
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
The first native North Carolinian ordained a Catholic priest and co-founder of the Maryknoll Foreign Mission Society, he died in Hong Kong in 1919.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
Bishop Michael Burbidge opened the diocesan phase of his cause in the diocese of Raleigh on 9 March 2012; the diocese calls him a Servant of God and the diocesan phase closed in 2018.
The cause
Thomas Frederick Price is named a Servant of God; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: The cause of Thomas Frederick Price.
Sources
- Update on Cause for Canonization of Father Thomas Price – Diocese of Raleigh
- Father Thomas Frederick Price inducted into the Raleigh Hall of Fame – Diocese of Raleigh
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.