Person DS/UK/1290 Levi; Peter (1931-2000); Former Jesuit Priest Levi Peter 1931-2000 Former Jesuit Priest Male Born 16 May 1931, Ruislip. Entered the English Province of the Society of Jesus 7 September 1948. Ordained as a Roman Catholic priest 10 August 1964. Final vows in the Society of Jesus 8 December 1967. Left the Society 1977. Died 1 February 2000, Framptonon-Severn.

Peter Levi was born 16 May 1931 in Ruislip to Herbert Simon Levi, a Jewish merchant who had converted to Catholicism, and Edith Mary, née Tigar. He was educated at Prior Park, near Bath, run by the Christian Brothers, and then Beaumont College. He entered the novitiate at Manresa, Roehampton, 7 September 1948 and took his first vows two years later at Harlaxton. He did two years of Philosophy at Heythrop, Oxfordshire, followed by a third at Manresa and a year’s pedagogy. Between 1954 and 1958 he studied Humanities at Campion Hall, Oxford, for which he received a Pass – he had been badly injured in a car accident in 1957. From 1958 he taught for a year at Stonyhurst, and then returned to Heythrop for theology, 1960 to 1964. He was ordained Priest there 10 August 1964 by Bishop Cyril Cowderoy of Southwark. From September he was at St Beuno’s for Tertianship. He took his final vows at Campion Hall, 8 December 1967. Levi left the priesthood in 1977. He subsequently married Deirdre Craig (granddaughter of Lord Craigavon). He spent a year as archaeological correspondent for The Times before returning to academic life. In 1984, he was elected Oxford Professor of Poetry, a post which he held until 1989. He died 1 February 2000, Framptonon-Severn. Former member of the English Province of the Society of Jesus https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/feb/03/news.obituaries accessed 4 March 2019; Register of dismissed Jesuits 1937-present International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 No RSomerset 04/03/2019 CURIA\RSomerset 10/11/2023 91891ed6-8910-45d3-85a7-8035c869755a