Thomas Daniel Beaven (March 1, 1851—October 5, 1920) was the second Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (1892-1920).
Beaven was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and received his early education there.[1] After graduating from Holy Cross College at Worcester in 1870, he taught mathematics at Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland for a year before studying theology at the Grand Seminary of Montreal in Quebec, Canada.[1] Beaven was ordained to the priesthood on December 18, 1875.[2] He then served as curate in Spencer until 1879, when he became its pastor. In 1888 he was made pastor of Holy Rosary Church at Holyoke.[1]
On August 9, 1892, Beaven was appointed Bishop of Springfield by Pope Leo XIII.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on the following October 18 from Archbishop John Joseph Williams, with Bishops Denis Mary Bradley and John Stephen Michaud serving as co-consecrators, at St. Michael's Cathedral.[2] During his tenure, he opened Beaven-Kelly Home for aged men; an infants' home; hospitals in Worcester, Springfield, Montague, and Adams; orphanages at Holyoke, Worcester, and Leicester; a House of the Good Shepherd at Springfield; and homes for working girls in many places.[1]
Beaven later died at age 69.
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| Preceded by Patrick Thomas O'Reilly |
Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts 1892–1920 |
Succeeded by Thomas Michael O'Leary |