Tennien, Mark

found: Chungking listening post, c1945:t.p. (Mark Tennien) p. xi (Father Tennien, missionary in China from 1942-1945)

found: Maryknoll Mission Archives, viewed online January 5, 2018 :Father Mark A. Tennien, MM (born : May 19, 1900 ; ordained : May 19, 1927 ; died : January 2, 1983 ; born in Pittsford, Vermont ; first assigned to Wuchow in 1928 ; returned briefly to the U.S. and returned to Wuchow in 1935 ; interned by the communists in 1951, but released seven months later ; went to Hong Kong in 1952 as the editor of the China Mission Bulletin ; he was a Chapter Delegate in 1956, after which he was assigned as Director of the New York house ; in April 1957, he was assigned to Japan where he spent the rest of his missionary career ; assigned to the Special Society Unit in 1976 ; returned to the United States in 1978 ; author of "Chungking listening post" and "No secret is safe") - http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?deceased-fathers-bro=father-mark-a-tennien-mm

found: New York Times obituaries, January 8, 1983, viewed online January 5, 2018 :Rev. Mark A. Tennien, Missionary and Author (died Sunday [Jan. 2, 1983]) at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Tarrytown, N. Y. ; he resided at Maryknoll, headquarters of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America) - http://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/08/obituaries/rev-mark-a-tennien-missionary-and-author.html