First Bishop of Diocese of Wheeling. Titled Most Reverend∼Most Reverend Richard Vincent Whelan served as the 1st Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling. Bishop Whelan is considered the primary founder of the Catholic Church in the state of West Virginia. During the middle 1840s, Rev. Whelan erected a cathedral at Wheeling (then Virginia). During that period he also organized parish schools, the Wheeling Female Academy, and a hospital/orphan asylum. He opened an ecclesiastical seminary in his own home for the training of priests. In 1850, the bishopic of Wheeling was formed and Dr. Whelan was made its first bishop. He addressed the Vatican Council of 1869-70 on important matters of the church such as the definition of the dogma of papal infallibility. His remains repose at Mount Calvary Cemetery beneath the altar of a beautiful chapel erected to his memory.
First Bishop of Diocese of Wheeling. Titled Most Reverend∼Most Reverend Richard Vincent Whelan served as the 1st Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling. Bishop Whelan is considered the primary founder of the Catholic Church in the state of West Virginia. During the middle 1840s, Rev. Whelan erected a cathedral at Wheeling (then Virginia). During that period he also organized parish schools, the Wheeling Female Academy, and a hospital/orphan asylum. He opened an ecclesiastical seminary in his own home for the training of priests. In 1850, the bishopic of Wheeling was formed and Dr. Whelan was made its first bishop. He addressed the Vatican Council of 1869-70 on important matters of the church such as the definition of the dogma of papal infallibility. His remains repose at Mount Calvary Cemetery beneath the altar of a beautiful chapel erected to his memory.
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Transcription From Latin:
TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS AND MOST REVEREND
RICHARD VINCENT WHELAN
FIRST BISHOP OF WHEELING
CREATED BISHOP OF RICHMOND
A.D. 1841
TRANSFERRED TO THE SEE OF WHEELING
A.D. 1850
BORN 28 DAY OF JANUARY A.D. 1809
DIED 7 DAY OF JULY A.D. 1874
HE EXCELLED IN TENDER DEVOTION
EXTRAORDINARY ERUDITION, FORTITUDE OF SOUL
AND APOSTOLIC VIRTUES OF EVERY KIND
REST IN PEACE
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