Emmet M. Walsh
Most Reverend Emmet Michael Walsh | |
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Bishop of Youngstown | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
See | Youngstown |
In office | November 16, 1952—March 16, 1968 |
Predecessor | James A. McFadden |
Successor | James W. Malone |
Orders | |
Ordination | January 15, 1916 |
Consecration | September 8, 1927 |
Personal details | |
Born | Beaufort, South Carolina | March 6, 1892
Died | March 16, 1968 Youngstown, Ohio | (aged 76)
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Charleston (1927-1949) Coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown (1949-1952) |
Emmet Michael Walsh (March 6, 1892 – March 16, 1968) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina (1927–1949) and Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio (1952–1968).
Biography[]
The eighth of eleven children, Emmet Walsh was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, to Thomas and Wilhelmenia (née Jennemann) Walsh.[1] In 1906 he and his family moved to Savannah, Georgia.[1] After graduating from Savannah High School in 1910, he studied for the priesthood at St. Bernard's Seminary in Rochester, New York.[1] He returned to Georgia, where he was ordained a priest by Bishop Benjamin Joseph Keiley on January 15, 1916.[2]
Walsh then served as a curate at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Atlanta until 1917, when he became pastor of St. Teresa's Church in Albany.[1] He was also charged with the missions in Southwest Georgia, giving him a jurisdiction of 1,000 Catholics over 16,000 square miles.[1] He was named pastor of St. Patrick's Church at Savannah in 1921, and returned to Immaculate Conception Church at Atlanta as pastor in 1923.[1]
On June 20, 1927, Walsh was appointed the sixth Bishop of Charleston by Pope Pius XI.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 8 from Bishop Michael Joseph Keyes, S.M., with Bishops Patrick Joseph Barry and William Joseph Hafey serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.[2] At age 35, Walsh was then the youngest member of the American hierarchy.[3] During his 22-year-long tenure in Charleston, he erected 25 new churches, four new hospitals, and two vacation camps for youth.[3] He also served as chairman of the National Catholic Welfare Conference's Legal Department and secretary of the Bishops' Meeting at the Catholic University of America.[1]
Pope Pius XII named Walsh Coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, and Titular Bishop of Rhaedestus on September 8, 1949.[2] In 1951 he was appointed by President Harry S. Truman to the to combat Communism.[4] Walsh succeeded the late James A. McFadden as the second Bishop of Youngstown on November 16, 1952.[2] During his tenure, the diocese experienced a period of great growth. He became an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne in 1954, and attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965.[1]
Walsh later died at Youngstown, aged 76.
References[]
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- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Motes, Michael (1978-03-30). "The Bishops From Georgia". The Georgia Bulletin.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Bishop Emmet Michael Walsh". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Mays, Deirdre C. "The bishops of the Diocese of Charleston". The New Catholic Miscellany. Archived from the original on 2008-12-02.
- ^ "National Affairs: For a Wise Balance". TIME Magazine. 1951-02-05. Archived from the original on November 23, 2010.
- 1892 births
- 1968 deaths
- People from Beaufort, South Carolina
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
- Participants in the Second Vatican Council
- Roman Catholic bishops of Youngstown
- Roman Catholic bishops of Charleston