Owen Francis Dudley

Owen Francis Dudley (born 1882) was an English Catholic priest who gained fame both as a world lecturer and as a novelist.^[1]

In 1911 he became an Anglican minister. He was received into the Catholic Church in 1915. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1917 and became a chaplain in the British Army. He saw service on the French and Italian fronts during World War I and was wounded. After the war he was active in the Catholic Missionary Society (a society of Catholic priests) and was elected the Superior General of the Catholic Missionary Society of England^[2] in 1933.

His novels have been described as "thrillers (which) bear a superficial resemblance to Chesterton's Father Brown tales".^[3] They feature the adventures of "The Masterful Monk". They include "The Masterful Monk" in 1929, "Pageant of Life",in 1932, "The Coming of the Monster" in 1936, "The Tremaynes and the Masterful Monk" in 1940, and "Michael" in 1948.

In addition he penned some nonfiction works, including "Will men be like gods? : humanitarianism or human happiness?" in 1932; "Human happiness and H.G. Wells" in 1936; "The Church Unconquerable" in 1936 ^[4] "You and thousands like you" in 1949: " 'What I found' - An Ex-Anglican's conversion story." 1949 ^[5]"Last crescendo" in 1954 (posthumously).

The book "THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS," edited by JOHN A. O'BRIEN 1ST.ED.1949, published by Doubleday and Co, New York and in London by W. H. Allen and Co 1949, contains the chapter 'What I found' by Owen Francis Dudley. The Editor, John O'Brien provides the biographical information.

He died in 1952.

References

1. ^ A listing of books written by Dudley
2. ^ "British Priest to Speak". New York Times. October 2, 1938. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20912FB3B581A7A93C0A9178BD95F4C8385F9. Retrieved November 13, 2011. 
3. ^ "Varied Adventures: The Coming of the Monster". New York Times. April 19, 1936. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00D13FC3C5E167B93CBA8178FD85F428385F9. Retrieved November 13, 2011. 
4. ^ http://www.pamphlets.org.au/australia/acts0709.html
5. ^ http://www.pamphlets.org.au/oregon/ctsorconv050.html

External links

• http://www.catholicapologetics.info/apologetics/protestantism/frdudley.htm (Basic Biographical information.)
• http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no95-18449

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Name	Dudley, Owen Francis
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Date of birth	1882
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Date of death	1952
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