John Patrick Farrelly
John Patrick Farrelly | |
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Bishop of Cleveland | |
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Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Cincinnati |
Diocese | Cleveland |
See | Cleveland |
In office | June 13, 1909—February 12, 1921 |
Predecessor | Ignatius Frederick Horstmann |
Successor | Joseph Schrembs |
Orders | |
Ordination | May 22, 1880 by Cardinal Raffaele Monaco La Valletta |
Consecration | May 1, 1909 by Cardinal Girolamo Maria Gotti O.C.D. |
Personal details | |
Born | Memphis, Tennessee | March 15, 1856
Died | February 12, 1921 Knoxville, Tennessee | (aged 64)
John Patrick Farrelly (March 15, 1856 – February 12, 1921) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Cleveland from 1909 until his death in 1921.
Biography[]
John Patrick Farrelly was born in Memphis, Tennessee to John and Martha (née Clay) Farrelly.[1] His father was a member of the Tennessee General Assembly, and his grandfather was one of the authors of the original Arkansas Constitution.[2]
He and his parents moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, and later to Kentucky (1868), where young Farrelly attended St. Mary's College.[1] After studying at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., he entered Notre-Dame de la Paix at Namur, Belgium, in 1873 and completed his studies at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, from where he obtained a Doctor of Sacred Theology.[2]
Farrelly was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Raffaele Monaco La Valletta on May 22, 1880.[3] After touring Egypt and the Holy Land, he returned to Tennessee in 1882 and became a curate (and later pastor) at the Cathedral of Nashville.[1] He was named chancellor of the Diocese of Nashville in 1883, and secretary of the American bishops at Rome in September 1887.[2] While in Rome, he also served as spiritual director of the North American College (1893–1909).[1]
On March 18, 1909, Farrelly was appointed the fourth Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, by Pope Pius X.[3] He received his episcopal consecration on the following May 1 from Cardinal Girolamo Maria Gotti, O.C.D., with Bishops John Baptist Morris and Thomas Francis Kennedy serving as co-consecrators.[3] He was installed at St. John's Cathedral on June 13, 1909.[3] During his 12-year-long tenure, he improved the parochial school system; organized Catholic Charities; and erected 47 churches and schools, including Cathedral Latin High School.[4] During World War I, he was appointed by Mayor Harry L. Davis to the Cleveland War Commission.[2] He also ordered English to be spoken at all German churches and schools in the diocese.[5]
Farrelly died from pneumonia in Knoxville,[1] aged 64. He is buried in the crypt beneath the main altar of St. John's Cathedral.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "Papers of John Patrick Farrelly (1856-1921)" (PDF). Tennessee State Library and Archives.
- ^ a b c d e Avery, Elroy McKendree (1918). A History of Cleveland and Its Environs: The Heart of New Connecticut. Lewis Publishing Company.
- ^ a b c d "Bishop John Patrick Farrelly". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- ^ Rose, William Ganson (December 1990). Cleveland: The Making of a City. Kent State University Press.
- ^ Callahan, Nelson J. and William F. Hickey. The Irish Americans and Their Communities of Cleveland.
- 1856 births
- 1921 deaths
- St. Mary's College (Kentucky) alumni
- Université de Namur alumni
- Georgetown University alumni
- People from Memphis, Tennessee
- Roman Catholic bishops of Cleveland
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
- Catholics from Tennessee