John Connolly (bishop)
His Excellency John Connolly, O.P. | |
|---|---|
S.S. | |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | September 24, 1774 |
| Consecration | November 6, 1814 by Cardinal Cesare Brancadoro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1750 |
| Died | (aged 74) New York, New York, United States |
| Buried | St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, New York, New York, United States |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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John Connolly,
from 1814 until his death in 1825.Biography
Early life
John Connolly was born in
Bishop of New York
On October 4, 1814, Connolly was appointed the second
Connolly set sail from Italy and stopped in Ireland on the way. At St. Kieran's College in Kilkenny, he attempted to recruit priests for his new diocese.[6] He did not reach New York until November 24, 1815.[1] He arrived on board the Sally from a transatlantic trip that took all of sixty-seven days, and Connolly had been presumed lost at sea.[4]
Since the first Bishop of New York, R. Luke Concanen, O.P., had been impeded from sailing for New York due to the embargo of Europe then in place, Connolly was the first bishop of the diocese to minister personally to his flock.[7] He is described as having been a "small-sized man" and a person of more than ordinary mildness and gentleness of character, who would travel the city on foot to attend to the poor and sick.[4]
According to historian
Connolly died on February 6, 1825, at age 74. He is interred at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral[7] He body was later displaced to a vault by the trustees to make way for that of an influential layman. It was not rediscovered until the building was renovated in 1976. Terence Cardinal Cooke had it reinterred in St. Patrick's Old Cathedral.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d O'Daniel, Victor. "John Connolly." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 6 Oct. 2014
- ^ a b c Clarke, Richard Henry (1888). Lives of the Deceased Bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States. Vol. I. New York.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Fitzgerald, Thomas W. H., ed. (1910). Ireland and Her People: A Library of Irish Biography. Vol. III. Chicago: Fitzgerald Book Company.
- ^ a b c d "O'Daniel, Victor F., "Profile: John Connolly, Bishop of New York (1814-1825)", Dominican Province of St. Joseph" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Bishop John Connolly, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- ^ Corrigan, Michael. "Register of Clergy", Historical Records and Studies, Vol. 2, United States Catholic Historical Society, 1901, p. 36
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b "Bishop John Connolly, O.P. (1814–1825)". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. Archived from the original on June 13, 2012.
- ^ a b c Egan, Edward. "A Bishop for New York Arrives", Archdiocese of New York, January 18, 2007
