Frederick C. Hopkins
The Most Reverend Frederick Hopkins, S.J. | |
|---|---|
Birmingham, England | |
| Died | 9 April 1923 (aged 78) British Honduras |
Frederick Charles Hopkins was an
Missionary bishop
Frederick C. Hopkins was born 12 December 1844 in
Benque Viejo.[2]
Writer
Before becoming bishop, Hopkins was editor of The Angelus, the
Roman Catholic newspaper for British Honduras (later "Belize"), and chronicled the early history of the mission. Much of what he wrote was from his own experience, as of the need to "get out of the pitpan and pull it up the raging waters."[3] While bishop he wrote The Catholic Church in British Honduras (1851-1918).[4] On 9 April 1923, Hopkins died when a coastal boat that he was travelling in sank, taking his life and that of two sisters
headed with him to the Corozal mission.
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References
- ^ David M. Cheney. "Bishop Frederick Charles Hopkins [Catholic-Hierarchy]". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ Woods, Charles M. Sr., et al. Years of Grace: The History of Roman Catholic Evangelization in Belize: 1524-2014. (Belize: Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan, 2015), pp. 197, 163, 174.
- ^ The Angelus, June 1900, pp. 118f.
- JSTOR 25011583. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
- ^ "Frederick C. Hopkins (obituary)". Woodstock Letters. 77: 222. 1948. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ “Episode of the North: The E.M.L. sinks” (April 1984). The Christian Herald, p. 8.