Leo Haid

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Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina
ChurchLatin Church
Other post(s)Titular bishop of Messene
Orders
OrdinationDecember 21, 1872
by Michael Domenec
ConsecrationJuly 1, 1888
by James Gibbons
Personal details
Born
Michael Haid

(1849-07-15)July 15, 1849
Latrobe, Pennsylvania, US
DiedJuly 24, 1924(1924-07-24) (aged 75)
Belmont, North Carolina, US
BuriedBelmont Abbey Cemetery, Belmont, North Carolina, US
DenominationRoman Catholic
Coat of armsLeo Haid's coat of arms

Leo Haid

Catholic bishop, who served as the abbot of the Abbey of Mary Help of Christians, in Belmont, North Carolina, from 1885 to 1924. He also served as vicar apostolic of North Carolina from 1888 to 1910 and territorial abbot from 1910 to 1924.[1]

Biography

Early life

Michael Haid was born on July 15, 1849, near Latrobe, Pennsylvania, to German immigrants John and Mary A. Stader Haid. He studied at Saint Vincent Seminary in Latrobe and there became a novice of the Benedictine Archabbey of Saint Vincent in 1868. He made first profession as a monk on September 17, 1869. He adopted the first name of Leo.

Haid was ordained a priest by bishop Michael Domenec for the Benedictine Order on December 21, 1872. He then served the monastery college as a professor and chaplain.[2][3] On July 13, 1885, Haid was elected as first abbot of Mary Help of Christians Abbey (known as Belmont Abbey)[3] in Belmont, North Carolina. Travelling there in 1886, he founded a seminary at the abbey.

Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina

On February 4, 1888, Pope Leo XIII appointed Haid as apostolic vicar of North Carolina; he was consecrated bishop at the

Baltimore Cathedral by Archbishop Cardinal James Gibbons on July 1, 1888,[2] The co-consecrators were Bishops John Kain and Thomas Becker. Haid became the first American abbot-bishop.[citation needed
]

Haid served as president of the

St. Mary Catholic Church
in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Territorial Abbot of Belmont

On June 8, 1910 Pope Pius X erected Belmont Abbey as a territorial abbey and appointed Haid abbot nullius with canonical jurisdiction over eight counties in North Carolina (Gaston, Catawba, Cleveland, Burke, Lincoln, McDowell, Polk, and Rutherford).

Leo Haid died at Belmont Abbey on July 24, 1924, at age 75, and was buried in the abbey cemetery.

References

  1. ^ "Bishop Leo Michael Haid, O.S.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
  2. ^ a b c Bennington, Catherine Myers. "Haid, Leo", Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press. 1988
  3. ^
    ISBN 9780961497651
    .
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