Henry Damian Juncker
The Right Reverend Henry Damian Juncker | |
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| Bishop of Alton | |
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| Archdiocese | Cincinnati |
| See | Alton |
| Installed | April 26, 1857 |
| Term ended | October 2, 1868 |
| Predecessor | none |
| Successor | Peter Joseph Baltes |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | March 16, 1834 by John Baptist Purcell |
| Consecration | April 26, 1857 by John Baptist Purcell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 22, 1809 Fénétrange, Moselle, France |
| Died | October 2, 1868 (aged 59) Alton, Illinois, United States |
Henry Damian Juncker (August 22, 1809 – October 2, 1868) was a French-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of Alton, Illinois, serving from 1857 until his death.
Life[]
Juncker was born in Fénétrange, Moselle, and while a young student at the Pont-à-Mousson seminary he decided to devote his life to the American missions, attaching himself to the Diocese of Cincinnati, Ohio.[1] He emigrated to the Cincinnati, where he completed his seminary studies.[2] he was ordained a priest by John Baptist Purcell, then the Bishop of Cincinnati, on March 16, 1834.[3] He then served as pastor of Holy Trinity Church in Cincinnati until 1836, when he became pastor of St. Mary's Church in Canton.[4] In 1846 he was named pastor of the Church of Emanuel in Dayton.[4]
On January 9, 1857, Juncker was appointed the first bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Alton—now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois—by Pope Pius IX.[3] He received his consecration on the following April 26 from Purcell, with John Henni and Joshua Maria Young serving as co-consecrators.[3] At the time of his arrival, the diocese contained 58 churches, 18 priests, and 50,000 Catholics; by the time of his death, there were 125 churches, over 100 priests, and 80,000 Catholics.[2] He completed the first cathedral in 1859, and founded two men's colleges, six girls' academies, a seminary, two hospitals, and one orphanage.[1]
Juncker later died in Alton, aged 59. He was buried in a vault under his cathedral.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b "Alton". Catholic Encyclopedia.
- ^ a b "History of the Diocese of Springfield: Bishop Henry Damian Juncker (1857-1868)". Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois.
- ^ a b c "Bishop Henry Damian Juncker". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- ^ a b c Clarke, Richard Henry (1888). "Right Rev. Henry Damian Juncker, D.D.". Lives of the Deceased Bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States.
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- 1809 births
- 1868 deaths
- People from Moselle (department)
- French emigrants to the United States
- French Roman Catholic missionaries
- French Roman Catholic bishops in North America
- 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
- Roman Catholic bishops of Alton
- Roman Catholic missionaries in the United States