This is a photograph of Fr. Downs standing on a porch with Hong Kong school boys.; Born in Pennsylvania, Fr. Downs came to Maryknoll in 1920 after being ordained in the Erie Diocese in 1916. He took a perpetual oath to Maryknoll in 1930. He was assigned to Kaying in 1925 and became Society Superior there in 1930. In 1939 he was assigned to teach the Hakka dialect in Hong Kong. He spent many years in Hong Kong and the South China region before returning to the United States in 1969
This is a photograph of "Fr. Hewitt at Shahokou [now Shahekou] Dairen, with a catechism class. He is...
This is a photograph of Fr. Lane [right] and Fr. Hunt [left] with a woman on a street in Antung [now...
This is a photograph of the Kowloon Procure, Fr. Donovan, Fr. Fourquet, V.G. of Canton [now Guangzho...
This is a photograph of Fr. Downs fanning himself as he walks and reads from a text in the seminary...
This is a photograph of "Fr. Downs and Youker about to enter the Koung So (chapel) in Sin Kong Ha. E...
This is a photograph of Fr. Downs "standing on the ground floor of the house next door to him after...
A photograph of the opening of Jiaoling Municipal Hospital. Standing in front of the hospital from l...
This is a photograph of Fr. Downs with his dog the "family protector."; Born in Pennsylvania, Fr. D...
This is a photograph of Fr. William J. Downs taken in Sanhopa [now Sanheba]. He is sitting on a cha...
This is a photograph of "the cook [in white] and the house boy at Siaoloc [now Soule], snapped in th...
A photograph of Bishop Valtora with Frs. Downs, O'Melia and Keelan at the Anniversary of Father Down...
This is a photograph of Fr. McClarnon and Fr. Manning with a Hakka language teacher.; Rev. Manning w...
This is a photograph of Fr. John Donovan with refugees. He bends to speak to a small child.; Born in...
A photograph of Father Donaghy with the class of six boys he taught. Father is seated and dressed in...
This is a photograph of left to right: Fr. Dietz, Fr. Toomey, Bro. John and Fr. Sweeney at Hong Kong...
This is a photograph of "Fr. Hewitt at Shahokou [now Shahekou] Dairen, with a catechism class. He is...
This is a photograph of Fr. Lane [right] and Fr. Hunt [left] with a woman on a street in Antung [now...
This is a photograph of the Kowloon Procure, Fr. Donovan, Fr. Fourquet, V.G. of Canton [now Guangzho...
This is a photograph of Fr. Downs fanning himself as he walks and reads from a text in the seminary...
This is a photograph of "Fr. Downs and Youker about to enter the Koung So (chapel) in Sin Kong Ha. E...
This is a photograph of Fr. Downs "standing on the ground floor of the house next door to him after...
A photograph of the opening of Jiaoling Municipal Hospital. Standing in front of the hospital from l...
This is a photograph of Fr. Downs with his dog the "family protector."; Born in Pennsylvania, Fr. D...
This is a photograph of Fr. William J. Downs taken in Sanhopa [now Sanheba]. He is sitting on a cha...
This is a photograph of "the cook [in white] and the house boy at Siaoloc [now Soule], snapped in th...
A photograph of Bishop Valtora with Frs. Downs, O'Melia and Keelan at the Anniversary of Father Down...
This is a photograph of Fr. McClarnon and Fr. Manning with a Hakka language teacher.; Rev. Manning w...
This is a photograph of Fr. John Donovan with refugees. He bends to speak to a small child.; Born in...
A photograph of Father Donaghy with the class of six boys he taught. Father is seated and dressed in...
This is a photograph of left to right: Fr. Dietz, Fr. Toomey, Bro. John and Fr. Sweeney at Hong Kong...
This is a photograph of "Fr. Hewitt at Shahokou [now Shahekou] Dairen, with a catechism class. He is...
This is a photograph of Fr. Lane [right] and Fr. Hunt [left] with a woman on a street in Antung [now...
This is a photograph of the Kowloon Procure, Fr. Donovan, Fr. Fourquet, V.G. of Canton [now Guangzho...