Thomas Madden (priest)

Thomas John Madden (25 July 1853 - 26 December 1915[1]) was Archdeacon of Liverpool from 1906 until his death.[2]

Madden was ordained in 1879[3] and was a curate in Everton.[4] He was metropolitan secretary of the Church Pastoral Aid Society from 1883 to 1885; vicar of St Mark's Barrow-in-Furness from 1885 to 1888; and vicar of St Luke's Liverpool from 1888 to 1906.[5]

His son was killed during the First World War in March 1915.[6] He died in December that year, aged 62.

Notes

1. "Death Of Archdeacon Madden", The Times (London, England), 27 December 1915, p. 5.
2. "Madden, Ven. Thomas John", Who Was Who online edition, accessed 23 June 2015]
3. "Ordination at Chester Cathedral", Cheshire Observer (Chester, England), 14 June 1879, p. 6.
4. The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory, London, John Phillips, 1900.
5. "Ecclesiastical Intelligence", Liverpool Mercury (Liverpool, England), 5 December 1888.
6. CWGC website.