Thomas Stewart (1925-30 October 1994) was an Irish Columban priest, who served as Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Chunchon The Diocese of Chunchon (also romanized ''Chuncheon'' and ''Ch’unch’on'', la, Dioecesis Chuncheonensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in South Korea. A suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolit ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

from 1966 until 1994. Stewart was born in 1925 in

Woodford, County Galway Woodford () is a village in the south-east of County Galway, Ireland. It is situated between the River Shannon and the Slieve Aughty mountains. History The village's industrial history is indicated by a variant of its Irish name, ''Gráig na ...

, Ireland. He was ordained a priest in 1950 for the

Missionary Society of St. Columban The Missionary Society of St. Columban ( la, Societas Sancti Columbani pro Missionibus ad Exteros) (abbreviated as S.S.C.M.E. or SSC), commonly known as the Columbans, is a missionary Catholic society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right foun ...

, and went to South Korea in 1954. He served as

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in the Chunchon Diocese before being elevated in 1966 to Bishop. For health reasons, Stewart retired in May 1994. He died a few months later in Ireland of a

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.Retired Bishop Thomas Stewart Missioner to Korea dies in Ireland
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1925 births 1994 deaths Irish expatriate Catholic bishops Missionary Society of St. Columban People from County Galway People educated at Garbally College 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in South Korea Roman Catholic bishops of Chunchon {{Ireland-RC-bishop-stub