Francis X. Farmer, S.J.
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Identifier |
Centennial_00705 |
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Title |
Francis X. Farmer, S.J. |
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Creator |
Photonetics |
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Date Created |
circa 1965 |
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Subject (Topic) |
College chaplains--California--Los Angeles; Jesuits; Chapels |
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Subject (Name) |
Farmer, Francis X.; Loyola University of Los Angeles |
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Subject (Place) |
Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
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Type |
Image |
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Form/Genre |
Photographs; Portrait photographs |
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Physical Description |
1 photograph: black and white |
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Institution |
Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University |
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Country of Creation |
US |
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Copyright Statement |
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/ |
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Copyright Holder |
Loyola Marymount University |
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Collection Identifier |
Loyola Marymount University Archives |
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Item/Call Number |
PhotoPrints 19C |
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Description |
Chapel of the Sacred Heart is in the background. |
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Historical Background |
Reverend Francis Xavier Farmer was born Wilmouth Alexander Farmer in Conyers, Georgia. In 1915, he joined the Catholic Church in United States, and became a Jesuit taking the name Francis Xavier. He had served as a missionary for the Methodist Church in China. Father Farmer lived on the Loyola University of Los Angeles campus from 1949 until a few months before he passed away in 1970. As a retired priest, Father Farmer served as spiritual advisor for members of the Jesuit Community at Loyola University. |
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Cited In |
Starr, Kevin. Loyola Marymount University, 1911-2011: A Centennial History. Los Angeles: Loyola Marymount University, 2011. |
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Image Caption |
"The Rev. Francis X Farmer, SJ, a former Methodist missionary in China, spent his last years as a respected confessor and counselor at Loyola" --Starr, K., Loyola Marymount University 1911-2011. |
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Additional Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Metacollection Identifier |
http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu |
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Project note |
Centennial |
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