Person DS/UK/1763 Lyon; Hugh Peter (1912-1981); Jesuit Priest Lyon Hugh Peter 1912-1981 Jesuit Priest Male

Hugh Peter Lyons (known affectionately as Peter) was born on the 12th September 1912 at Gorakhpore, Uttar Pradesh, India, in the diocese of Allahabad. He was educated at the Christian Brothers School at Naini Tae, then (with a short spell at Blackrock, Dublin) at the Edinburgh Institute, for the last three years (1926-1929). He joined the novitiate at Roehampton in 1929. Following this, he went on to Heythrop in 1933 for philosophy. As a scholastic at Beaumont (1936-1939), he became a teacher, but occasionally showed signs of a nervous strain. His theology at Heythrop (1939-1943) was during World War II. He was ordained at Farm Street Church in July 1942 by Archbishop Godfrey. Following his ordination, he did his tertianship after his fourth year, acting as Socius to the Master of Novices. He was appointed to the post of Master of Novices himself in August 1944, but after a year, he brielfy became a member of the Farm Street Church staff and later went to Heythrop as professor of dogma. He did a biennium in theology, studying for a doctorate at Louvain in Belgium, before settling down to a longer stint as professor of dogma from 1949 to 1959. In August of this last year he went to Weston College, scholasticate of the New England province for a year in exchange, but seems to have stayed two years, returning to lecture at Heythrop in 1961. In 1965, he moved to Ontario, Canada for three years to teach theology at Regis College, Willowdale. In 1968, he returned to England, becoming a member of the Farm Street staff for 12 years. He moved to Southwell House a year before his death, succumbing on the 4th September 1981. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes user 07/11/2022 user 08/11/2022 411f4ec4-352a-4892-853d-f22a2f6597eb