Thomas Patrick Collins [SEP] position held
Thomas Patrick Collins
Thomas Patrick Collins, M.M. (January 13, 1915 - December 7, 1973) was an American-born Catholic missionary and bishop. As a member of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll) he was assigned to missions in Bolivia. He served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Pando from 1961 to 1968.
Early life and education.
Thomas Collins was born in the San Francisco, California and was one of seven children. He was educated at Sacred Heart School and studied for
Mayor.
Whelton was the Chairman of the Board of Aldermen in 1905. During the long illness of Mayor Patrick Collins, Whelton served as acting mayor. Following the death of Collins, Whelton, aged 33, was sworn in as Mayor of Boston, a position he held from 15 September 1905 to 1 January 1906. Whelton was the first native-born Irish-Catholic Mayor of Boston and remains the youngest person to hold that political office.
Though a rival of John "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, Whelton was