James Ambrose Cotham, by Joanna Vials Bead Colour_Sterling Silver often in conditions of great

often in conditions of great difficulty or danger - and who made mistakes like everyone else

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by Peter Waddell

James Ambrose Cotham, by Joanna Vials Bead Colour_Sterling Silver often in conditions of greatThe Indomitable Mr Cotham: Missioner, Convict Chaplain, and Monk. James Ambrose Cotham OSB (1810 1883), a Douai monk of the English Benedictine Congregation, was active in the early colonial period in Tasmania as a convict chaplain, and after 1851 as a missioner in England with many and varied relationships with family, co workers, and religious communities. From extensive use of his surviving papers, Joanna Vials has researched his mission, colonial