John Cardinal McCloskey

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John Cardinal McCloskey

John Cardinal McCloskey, (March 10, 1810 - October 10, 1885) was an American cardinal, the fifth bishop (second archbishop) of the Roman Catholic diocese of New York

New York

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John was born to Irish

Ireland

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immigrants Patrick McCloskey and Elizabeth Hassan in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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. Patrick had been from the townland of Killunaght and Elizabeth from Coolnamonan in the Parish of Banagher, County Londonderry

Banagher, County Londonderry

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in County Londonderry

County Londonderry

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John Cardinal McCloskey, (March 10, 1810 - October 10, 1885) was an American cardinal, the fifth bishop (second archbishop) of the Roman Catholic diocese of New York

New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
.

Background

John was born to Irish

Ireland

Brooklyn

Banagher, County Londonderry

County Londonderry

County Londonderry or County Derry is one of the six Counties of Ireland of Northern Ireland in the Provinces of Ireland of Ulster in Ireland....
. When their marriage was opposed by their families they eloped together. They married in St Eugenes Cathedral in Derry in approximately 1808. Following this they emigrated to America where they settled in Brooklyn. John is believed to have been the second of 10 children, William McCloskey being the eldest. Patrick McCloskey died in 1820 aged 45 and after this Elizabeth moved the family to Bedford, Westchester, NY.

Life

John McCloskey attended Mount St. Mary's University (then Mount St. Mary's College) in Emmitsburg, Maryland

Emmitsburg, Maryland

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. His schooling was interrupted by an accident that resulted in temporary blindness. Following graduation he became the first New York-born priest on January 12, 1834, and the first president of St. John's College (now Fordham University

Fordham University

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). He was appointed the Coadjutor Bishop of New York on November 21, 1843, ordained a bishop on March 10, 1844 with the titular see

Titular see

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of Axiere, appointed Bishop of Albany

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on May 21, 1847, and appointed Archbishop of New York on May 6, 1864.

Archbishop McCloskey was elevated to Cardinal

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by Pope Pius IX

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in the consistory

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of March 15, 1875, becoming the first American

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cardinal. He dedicated the newly-constructed St. Patrick's Cathedral

St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York

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on May 25, 1879. He served as Archbishop until his death, and is interred in the crypt under the altar of St. Patrick's Cathedral.