John Grimes (bishop)
John Grimes | |
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| Bishop of Syracuse | |
 John Grimes | |
| In office | 1912-1922 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | February 19, 1882 |
| Consecration | May 16, 1910 by Archbishop John Murphy Farley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 18, 1852 County Limerick |
| Died | July 26, 1922 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Parents | John and Bridget (née Hammon) Grimes |
| Education | College of Saint-Hyacinthe |
| Alma mater | Grand Seminary of Montreal |
John Grimes (December 18, 1852 – July 26, 1922) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Syracuse from 1912 until his death in 1922.
Biography[]
John Grimes was born in County Limerick to John and Bridget (née Hammon) Grimes.[1] He was educated at both a national school and a Jesuit college in Ireland before going to Canada, where he enrolled at the College of Saint-Hyacinthe in 1874.[2]
Attached to the Diocese of Albany, New York, in the United States, he was sent by Bishop Francis McNierney to study at the Grand Seminary of Montreal in 1878.[2] He was ordained to the priesthood in Albany on February 19, 1882.[3] He then served as a curate at St. Mary's Church in Syracuse until 1887, when he became pastor of St. Paul's Church in Whitesboro.[2] In 1890 he returned to St. Mary's as its pastor.[1]
On February 1, 1909, Grimes was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Syracuse and Titular Bishop of Hermeria by Pope Pius X.[3] He received his episcopal consecration on the following May 16 from Archbishop John Murphy Farley, with Bishops Patrick Anthony Ludden and Thomas Burke serving as co-consecrators.[3] Upon the death of Bishop Ludden, Grimes succeeded him as the second Bishop of Syracuse on August 6, 1912.[3] He remained as bishop until his death in 1922, aged 69. A Catholic high school, Bishop Grimes Junior/Senior High School was formed in the 1960, after him.
References[]
- ^ a b "Most Rev. John Grimes". Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse. Archived from the original on 2009-06-09.
- ^ a b c The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. II. New York: James T. White & Company. 1892.
- ^ a b c d "Bishop John Grimes". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.[self-published source]
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- 1852 births
- 1922 deaths
- 19th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests
- People from County Limerick
- Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
- Roman Catholic bishops of Syracuse
- 19th-century American Roman Catholic priests