You give leave to your servant to go in peace.
The death has occured of Monsignor Thomas Woods DCL
Monsignor Thomas Woods was a native of Mullingar and was educated at St. Mary’s C.B.S. and St. Finian’s College, where his father was on the staff, and at the Irish College, Rome.
He was ordained in 1958, and completed his Licentiate in Canon Law at the Lateran University in Rome.
In 1950 he was appointed to the staff of St. Finian’s College but remained there for only a few months as later in that year he entered the Diplomatic Service of the Holy See. Having completed a doctorate in Canon Law in 1962 he was appointed to the nunciature in Pakistan. He later served in many countries, including Ethiopia, Canada, the United States and Portugal and subsequently spent many years working in the Secretariat of State in the Vatican.
He retired from the Vatican Secretariat of State in August 2002 due to ill health and returned to Ireland. He lived in Dunboyne and has been in Newbrook Nursing Home for the last 12 years.
He died on Sunday 26 June 2022 and Monsignor Tom’s Requiem Mass took place on Thursday 30 June at 11am in the Cathedral, followed by burial in Ballyglass Cemetery.
May Monsignor Tom rest in peace.
