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	==External links==		==External links==
			*Father Bill Mackey: Beloved Son of Bhutan, documentary. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f378gshoyC0]
	*[http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2007/200712/20071221.html Documentary on Father Mackey] on [[The Current (radio program)\|The Current]] (requires [[RealAudio]])		*[http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2007/200712/20071221.html Documentary on Father Mackey] on [[The Current (radio program)\|The Current]] (requires [[RealAudio]])
	*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070823171120/http://www.nieparo.edu.bt/WebPages/Publications/The_Call/4_How_It_All_Began.pdf "How It All Began", a brief history of the early days of the Bhutanese education system, including recollections from Father Mackey] (requires [[Acrobat Reader]])		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070823171120/http://www.nieparo.edu.bt/WebPages/Publications/The_Call/4_How_It_All_Began.pdf "How It All Began", a brief history of the early days of the Bhutanese education system, including recollections from Father Mackey] (requires [[Acrobat Reader]])
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{{Infobox person
| name = William Joseph Mackey
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| alt = Portrait of John Early
| honorific_prefix = [[The Reverend]]
| birth_place = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|08|19|df=y}}
| image = William Mackey of the Jesuits.jpg
| death_place = [[Thimphu]], Bhutan
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'''William Joseph Mackey''', [[Society of Jesus|S.J.]] (19 August 1915 – 18 October 1995) was a Canadian [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] priest and [[Jesuit]] educator. He was responsible for establishing the modern [[education]] system in [[Bhutan]], including its first [[high school]] (which is now its first accredited [[university]], [[Sherubtse College]]).

==Early life==
William Joseph Mackey was born on 19 August 1915 in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]] to Kitty Murphy, an [[Irish Catholic]], and Herbert Mackey, a Protestant of Irish descent.{{sfn|Solverson|1995|p=27}} He received a Catholic primary education and successfully applied for scholarship at [[Loyola College (Montreal)|Loyola College]], which included a high school.{{sfn|Solverson|1995|p=29–30}} He was accepted into the [[Society of Jesus]] shortly after graduating from high school and joined the [[St. Stanislaus Novitiate]] in [[Guelph, Ontario]] on 14 August 1932.{{sfn|Solverson|1995|p=34–35}}

Mackey was ordained a [[Priesthood in the Catholic Church|priest]] on 15 August 1945 by Archbishop [[Joseph Charbonneau]] in the Immaculate Conception Church.{{sfn|Solverson|1995|p=44}} He pronounced his [[religious vows|final vows]] on 15 August 1949.{{sfn|Solverson|1995|p=63}} In 1946, he left Canada for the Jesuit [[mission (Christian)|mission]] in [[Darjeeling district]] of [[India]]. He served there for 17 years, during which time he participated in many education programs and was [[headmaster]] of two high schools. However, he also became unpopular with local authorities,<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Jesuit+and+the+dragon:+the+life+of+Father+William+Mackey+in+the...-a030534615 The Jesuit and the dragon: the life of Father William Mackey in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan (book review)] from [[Catholic Insight]]; published September 1, 1996; retrieved November 5, 2012</ref> and in 1963 he was ordered to leave the country.

When the [[King of Bhutan|King]] of [[Bhutan]], [[Jigme Dorji Wangchuck]], learned of Mackey's imminent expulsion from India, he invited Mackey to become an educator in Bhutan, as part of that country's ongoing modernization efforts. Mackey accepted the invitation. As a preemptive measure, he had all his [[teeth]] removed, because he would have no access to modern [[dentistry]] in Bhutan.<ref>[http://www.bhutanstudies.org.bt/pubFiles/10-Spdr&Pglt.pdf British-Indian Medical Service Officers in Bhutan, 1905-1947: a historical outline], by Alex McKay; published 2004 in ''The Spider and the Piglet: Proceedings of the First International Seminar on Bhutan Studies''</ref>

==Life in Bhutan==

When Mackey arrived in Bhutan in October 1963, the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]] became the first [[Roman Catholic]] [[religious order]] allowed in the officially-[[Buddhist]] nation. During the three decades that followed, Mackey performed no [[conversion to Christianity|conversions]] of Bhutanese citizens, as that was forbidden under Bhutanese law.

His first school, in [[Trashigang]], was based in an abandoned cowshed and had 7 students.<ref>[http://www.bhutanmajestictravel.com/news/2007/the-12th-death-anniversary-of-father-william-mackey.html The 12th death anniversary of Father William Mackey] at Bhutan Majestic Travel; published October 19, 2007; retrieved November 5, 2012</ref>

In 1973, Mackey was awarded the royal [[Royal Order of Bhutan|Druk Thuksey]] medal for his services to education in Bhutan. In 1985, he was granted honorary Bhutanese citizenship, and in 1988, when the Jesuits had to leave the country, their schools being taken over by the Government of Bhutan, he was allowed to remain.

Mackey died on 18 October 1995, in a hospital in Thimphu, due to an infected gum which lead to [[blood poisoning]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/1995/11/14/bhutanese-king-and-government-mourn-death-of-first-catholic-missioner&post_id=48255|title=Bhutanese King and Government Mourn Death of First Catholic Missionary|date=13 November 1995|website=[[Union of Catholic Asian News]]}}</ref> After his death in 1995, his obituary on Bhutanese national radio lasted 15 minutes.  Despite his wishes to be buried in Bhutan, the Darjeeling Jesuits claimed his body for burial in their own cemetery.

==References==
===Citations===
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===Sources===
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*{{cite book | last = Solverson | first = Howard | title = The Jesuit and the Dragon: The life of Father William Mackey in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan | publisher = Robert Davies Publishing | location = Montreal | year = 1995 | isbn = 1895854377 }}
{{refend}}

==External links==
*[http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2007/200712/20071221.html Documentary on Father Mackey] on [[The Current (radio program)|The Current]] (requires [[RealAudio]])
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070823171120/http://www.nieparo.edu.bt/WebPages/Publications/The_Call/4_How_It_All_Began.pdf "How It All Began", a brief history of the early days of the Bhutanese education system, including recollections from Father Mackey] (requires [[Acrobat Reader]])

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