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Fr. S. S. Myerscough,
1879 - 1954
Fr. Samuel Sebastian Myerscough, Mus.Bac., a convert who became a secular priest and then a Jesuit, died in Warrington on Thursday last week, aged .75.
Born in Rochdale of non-Catholic parents, he was received into the Church in Dublin in 1905 and was ordained priest in 19.12 for the Birmingham diocese.
He entered the Society of Jesus in 1919 and the following year was sent to St, Francis Xavier's Church, Liverpool, where he remained until 1928. Afigr a year at St Beuno's College, St. Asaph, he was appointed to the Holy Name Church, Manchester, and became Superior there in 1933. Seven years later he was transferred as an assistant priest to the Sacred Heart Church, Leeds, and in 1942 became parish priest there, an office he retained until the church was handed over to the Bishop of the diocese in 1947. In the same year he returned to St. Francis Xavier's, Liverpool, where he was stationed at the time of his death.
Fr. Myerscough was the musical editor, in conjunction with the Sisters of Notre Dame, of A Daily Hymn Book, and was also the author of a number of devotional works, principally on the Mass.
Fr. S. S. Myerscough,
1879 - 1954
Fr. Samuel Sebastian Myerscough, Mus.Bac., a convert who became a secular priest and then a Jesuit, died in Warrington on Thursday last week, aged .75.
Born in Rochdale of non-Catholic parents, he was received into the Church in Dublin in 1905 and was ordained priest in 19.12 for the Birmingham diocese.
He entered the Society of Jesus in 1919 and the following year was sent to St, Francis Xavier's Church, Liverpool, where he remained until 1928. Afigr a year at St Beuno's College, St. Asaph, he was appointed to the Holy Name Church, Manchester, and became Superior there in 1933. Seven years later he was transferred as an assistant priest to the Sacred Heart Church, Leeds, and in 1942 became parish priest there, an office he retained until the church was handed over to the Bishop of the diocese in 1947. In the same year he returned to St. Francis Xavier's, Liverpool, where he was stationed at the time of his death.
Fr. Myerscough was the musical editor, in conjunction with the Sisters of Notre Dame, of A Daily Hymn Book, and was also the author of a number of devotional works, principally on the Mass.
