Immigrated with his parents to America in 1838.
He completed his classical and theological studies at St. Xavier's College in Cincinnati and St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia.
Ordained a Priest at Cincinnati by Bishop Purcell: 8 December 1848. Pastor of Holy Cross Church in Columbus, 1848 - 1859. Supervised the building of Immaculate Conception Church in Cincinnati in 1859. Served as Chancellor of the Diocese from 1860 - 1870.
Appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Calydon: 14 February 1870
Ordained Coadjutor Bishop of Detroit: 24 April 1870
Succeeded as 3rd Bishop of Detroit: 30 December 1871
Resigned and Appointed Titular Bishop of Phacusa: 16 April 1887
Had a Summer Home in Grosse Pointe and would fish on Lake St. Clair in a little boat. Bishop Road is named after him, his home once stood at the foot of Bishop Road near the lake.
He died while visiting a friend in Kalamazoo, MI. He was first buried at St. Augustine's Churchyard and was moved in 1906 to a tomb on the grounds of Nazareth College. His remains were moved again in 1939 to their present site.
In Kalamazoo, Michigan's Borgess Hospital, now Borgess Medical Center, was named for him by its founders, the Sisters of St. Joseph, in 1889.
He completed his classical and theological studies at St. Xavier's College in Cincinnati and St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia.
Ordained a Priest at Cincinnati by Bishop Purcell: 8 December 1848. Pastor of Holy Cross Church in Columbus, 1848 - 1859. Supervised the building of Immaculate Conception Church in Cincinnati in 1859. Served as Chancellor of the Diocese from 1860 - 1870.
Appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Calydon: 14 February 1870
Ordained Coadjutor Bishop of Detroit: 24 April 1870
Succeeded as 3rd Bishop of Detroit: 30 December 1871
Resigned and Appointed Titular Bishop of Phacusa: 16 April 1887
Had a Summer Home in Grosse Pointe and would fish on Lake St. Clair in a little boat. Bishop Road is named after him, his home once stood at the foot of Bishop Road near the lake.
He died while visiting a friend in Kalamazoo, MI. He was first buried at St. Augustine's Churchyard and was moved in 1906 to a tomb on the grounds of Nazareth College. His remains were moved again in 1939 to their present site.
In Kalamazoo, Michigan's Borgess Hospital, now Borgess Medical Center, was named for him by its founders, the Sisters of St. Joseph, in 1889.
Immigrated with his parents to America in 1838.
He completed his classical and theological studies at St. Xavier's College in Cincinnati and St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia.
Ordained a Priest at Cincinnati by Bishop Purcell: 8 December 1848. Pastor of Holy Cross Church in Columbus, 1848 - 1859. Supervised the building of Immaculate Conception Church in Cincinnati in 1859. Served as Chancellor of the Diocese from 1860 - 1870.
Appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Calydon: 14 February 1870
Ordained Coadjutor Bishop of Detroit: 24 April 1870
Succeeded as 3rd Bishop of Detroit: 30 December 1871
Resigned and Appointed Titular Bishop of Phacusa: 16 April 1887
Had a Summer Home in Grosse Pointe and would fish on Lake St. Clair in a little boat. Bishop Road is named after him, his home once stood at the foot of Bishop Road near the lake.
He died while visiting a friend in Kalamazoo, MI. He was first buried at St. Augustine's Churchyard and was moved in 1906 to a tomb on the grounds of Nazareth College. His remains were moved again in 1939 to their present site.
In Kalamazoo, Michigan's Borgess Hospital, now Borgess Medical Center, was named for him by its founders, the Sisters of St. Joseph, in 1889.
He completed his classical and theological studies at St. Xavier's College in Cincinnati and St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia.
Ordained a Priest at Cincinnati by Bishop Purcell: 8 December 1848. Pastor of Holy Cross Church in Columbus, 1848 - 1859. Supervised the building of Immaculate Conception Church in Cincinnati in 1859. Served as Chancellor of the Diocese from 1860 - 1870.
Appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Calydon: 14 February 1870
Ordained Coadjutor Bishop of Detroit: 24 April 1870
Succeeded as 3rd Bishop of Detroit: 30 December 1871
Resigned and Appointed Titular Bishop of Phacusa: 16 April 1887
Had a Summer Home in Grosse Pointe and would fish on Lake St. Clair in a little boat. Bishop Road is named after him, his home once stood at the foot of Bishop Road near the lake.
He died while visiting a friend in Kalamazoo, MI. He was first buried at St. Augustine's Churchyard and was moved in 1906 to a tomb on the grounds of Nazareth College. His remains were moved again in 1939 to their present site.
In Kalamazoo, Michigan's Borgess Hospital, now Borgess Medical Center, was named for him by its founders, the Sisters of St. Joseph, in 1889.
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Bishop of Detroit 1871-1887
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