Samuel Mulledy
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21st President of Georgetown College | |
In office January 10, 1845 – September 6, 1845 | |
Preceded by | James A. Ryder |
Succeeded by | Thomas F. Mulledy |
Personal details | |
Born | Romney, Virginia, U.S.[a] | March 27, 1811
Died | January 8, 1866 New York City, U.S. | (aged 54)
Resting place | Fordham University Cemetery |
Relations | Thomas F. Mulledy (brother) |
Alma mater | |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1840 |
Samuel A. Mulledy
Mulledy was expelled from the Society of Jesus over charges of
Early life
Samuel A. Mulledy was born on March 27, 1811, in
Education
At a young age, Samuel became a teacher with his brother at the
He was then sent to the novitiate at Sant'Andrea al Quirinale in Rome, being chaperoned across the Atlantic Ocean by William McSherry.[16] Mulledy was sent to Rome for his higher studies because of his academic talent, so that he would be well educated and return to the United States to teach.[17] In total, he studied in Rome for seven years, including at the Roman College,[18] where he garnered a reputation as a distinguished student, and was selected to give a public defense of theology.[18] Mulledy was then ordained a priest in Rome in 1840, and made his "grade"[b] in the Society of Jesus.[18]
Academic career
Mulledy then returned from Europe and on November 1, 1841, he was appointed the
Georgetown College
Mulledy became the
Later life
Drifting years
Following the end of his presidency, Mulledy returned to missionary work, being stationed at St. Joseph's Church in Philadelphia.[26] However, he continued to remain involved at Georgetown as a member of its board of directors from 1846 to 1848.[27]
From 1847 to 1848, he was a professor of dogmatic theology at Georgetown,[18] and subsequently taught rhetoric there.[28] Eventually, Mulledy became an alcoholic, which resulted in his dismissal from the Society of Jesus in 1850.[29][28] Following his expulsion, he was transferred from city to city, staying only briefly in each.[29] He first was stationed at the original Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston for two years, then worked in the Diocese of Albany from 1852 to 1853. The following year, he was sent to the Cathedral of St. James in Brooklyn, where he remained until 1855.[28] He was a professor of rhetoric and mathematics at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, during the 1856–57 academic year.[30] He then was assigned to the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul in South Boston and St. Mary's Church in Yonkers, New York, in 1859 and 1860, respectively.[28]
Church of St. Lawrence O'Toole
In July 1861,
Mulledy was well-liked by the congregation there,[35] and he founded a chapter of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul,[36] to increase the charitable work of the parish. He was known for traveling around the parish with his large, black Newfoundland dog, which was both his pet and protection against stray dogs.[34] Traveling for his ministry became difficult because of asthma, as well as an enlarged aorta in 1865. He ceased his ministry on Christmas Day of that year.[37]
He was the last
Mulledy died in New York on January 8, 1866.[26] His body was escorted by a large crowd from the Harlem Bridge up to St. John's College (later Fordham University) in the Bronx, where he was buried in the College Cemetery.[40] Since Mulledy was once again a Jesuit at the time he died in office,[29] Archbishop John McCloskey decided to transfer administration of the parish to the Jesuits,[33] at Mulledy's request. His successor was the Jesuit priest Victor Beaudevin.[42]
Notes
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- ^ a b Dooley 1917, p. 45
- ^ a b Curran 1993, p. 107
- ^ a b Maxwell & Swisher 1897, p. 719
- ^ a b Boyle 1909, p. 151
- ^ Shea 1891, pp. 153, 162
- ^ Maxwell & Swisher 1897, p. 298
- ^ Shea 1891, p. 79
- ^ Shea 1891, p. 92
- ^ Easby-Smith 1907, p. 262
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- ^ Shea 1891, p. 101
- ^ Easby-Smith 1907, p. 68
- ^ Curran 1993, p. 201
- ^ a b c d Shea 1891, p. 149
- ^ Dooley 1917, pp. 45–46
- ^ a b c d e f Dooley 1917, p. 46
- ^ Gramatowski 2013, p. 13
- ^ Catalogus: Provinciae Marylandiae, Societatis Jesu 1841, p. 7
- ^ Campbell 1903, p. 144
- ^ Devitt 1934, p. 419
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- ^ Easby-Smith 1907, p. 82
- ^ Shea 1891, p. 154
- ^ a b Shea 1891, p. 153
- ^ Curran 1993, p. 403
- ^ a b c d Dooley 1917, p. 47
- ^ a b c d e Modrys 2016, p. 1
- ^ Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the College of Holy Cross 1857, p. 7
- ^ Dooley 1917, p. 39
- ^ Dooley 1917, p. 43
- ^ a b The Catholic Church in the United States of America 1914, p. 335
- ^ a b Dooley 1917, p. 48
- ^ McLaughlin 1899, p. 123
- ^ Dooley 1917, p. 290
- ^ a b Dooley 1917, p. 49
- ^ Obituary: Father Joseph Havens Richards, S. J. 1924, p. 267
- ^ Dooley 1917, p. 50
- ^ a b Dooley 1917, p. 51
- ^ Reily 1885, p. 186
- ^ Conway 1899, p. 36
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