James Blenk

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The Most Reverend

James Herbert Blenk

New Orleans, Louisiana
, U.S.

James Hubert Herbert Blenk,

Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Puerto Rico (1899–1906)[1] and Archbishop of New Orleans
(1906–1917).

Biography

James Blenk was born in

confirmed by Archbishop Napoléon-Joseph Perché.[3]

After completing his primary education in New Orleans, he entered Jefferson College (in Convent, Louisiana), eventually joining the Society of Mary (more commonly known as the Marist Fathers) 1878.[4] He was then sent to the Marist House of Studies in Belley, France, and completed his probationary studies at the novitiate in Lyons before being sent to further his studies at the Catholic University of Ireland in Dublin.[3] In Ireland, he taught mathematics at St. Mary's College, Dundalk (1881–82).[5]

Blenk was

Apostolic Delegation.[5]

Bishop of Puerto Rico

On June 12, 1899, Blenk was appointed

Cathedral of San Juan Bautista for over $12,000.[5]

Blenk was promoted to the seventh

African Americans and established several himself, including St. Dominic Parish[9] in 1909. He believed it was through segregated churches that "racial feelings and natural differences can be best adjusted."[10]

Blenk was a friend and mentor to fellow Marist

rectories and for the abolition of race track gambling.[5]

Death

Blenk died eleven years after his appointment to New Orleans, aged 60.[6]

Archbishop Blenk was the principal consecrator of Bishops

John William Shaw (1863–1934), Joseph Patrick Lynch (1872–1954), John Edward Gunn (1863–1924) and John Laval (1854–1937),[14]
the Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans. John William Shaw became his successor as Archbishop of New Orleans.

References

  1. ^ Gerardo Alberto Hernández-Aponte, La Iglesia Católica en Puerto Rico ante la invasión de Estados Unidos de América. Lucha, sobrevivencia y estabilización: (1898-1921). Segunda edición, San Juan, Puerto Rico: Academia Puertorriqueña de la Historia y Decanato de Estudios Graduados e Investigación (DEGI) de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, 2013, pp. 190, 195-209.
  2. ^ a b "The Catholic Historical Review". American Catholic Historical Association.
  3. ^ a b c d e Points, Marie Louise. "New Orleans." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 26 February 2019
  4. ^ O'Donnell, John Hugh. "Blenk, James H.". The Catholic Hierarchy of the United States, 1790-1922.
  5. ^ a b c d e "James H. Blenk profile". The National Cyclopedia of American Biography.
  6. ^ a b c d "Archbishop James Herbert Blenk, S.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
  7. ^ O'Brien, Miriam Therese. “Puerto Rico's First American Bishop.” Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, vol. 91, no. 1/4, 1980, pp. 3–37. JSTOR
  8. ^ Anderson, R. Bentley. "Black, White, and Catholic".
  9. ^ St. Dominic Parish, New Orleans
  10. ^ Bennett, James B. "Religion and the Rise of Jim Crow in New Orleans".
  11. ISBN 9780313307195
  12. ^ a b "A History of the Archdiocese of New Orleans: The Turn of Century (1888-1918)". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans. Archived from the original on 2009-09-16.
  13. ^ Blenk, James. "Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cardenas." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 26 February 2019
  14. ^ Bishop John Marie Laval

External links and additional sources

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Bishop of Puerto Rico
1899–1906 		Succeeded by
William Ambrose Jones, O.S.A.
Preceded by
Archbishop of New Orleans
1906–1917 		Succeeded by
John William Shaw
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