Patrick Anthony Ludden
Patrick Anthony Ludden | |
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| Bishop of Syracuse | |
 Patrick Anthony Ludden | |
| In office | 1887-1912 |
| Successor | John Grimes |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 21, 1864 by Bishop Ignace Bourget |
| Consecration | May 1, 1887 by Archbishop Michael Corrigan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 4, 1836 Breaffy, near Castlebar, County Mayo |
| Died | August 12, 1912 (aged 76) Syracuse, New York |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | Anthony and Ellen (née Fitzgerald) Ludden |
| Education | St. Jarlath's College |
| Alma mater | Grand Seminary of Montreal |
Patrick Anthony Ludden (February 4, 1836 – August 6, 1912) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of Syracuse, New York (1887–1912).
Biography[]
Patrick Ludden was born in Breaffy, near Castlebar, County Mayo, to Anthony and Ellen (née Fitzgerald) Ludden.[1] He graduated from St. Jarlath's College in Tuam in 1861 and then immigrated to North America, where he entered the Grand Seminary of Montreal in Quebec, Canada.[2] After completing his theological studies, he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Ignace Bourget on May 21, 1864.[3] He was attached to the Diocese of Albany in New York, and there served as rector of St. Joseph's Church in Malone.[1] He was shortly afterwards named chancellor of the diocese, and accompanied Bishop John J. Conroy as his theologian to the First Vatican Council.[1] In 1872 he became rector of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and vicar general of the diocese.[2] He was named rector of St. Peter's Church in Troy in 1880.[4]
On December 14, 1886, Ludden was appointed the first Bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Syracuse by Pope Leo XIII.[3] He received his episcopal consecration on May 1, 1887 from Archbishop Michael Corrigan, with Bishops Bernard John McQuaid and Francis McNeirny serving as co-consecrators.[3] During his 25-year-long tenure, he presided over a period of great growth in the young diocese.
At the time of Ludden's arrival, the diocese contained 70,000 Catholics, 74 priests, 46 parishes, 20 mission churches, and 16 parochial schools.[2][4] By the time of his death, there were over 150,000 Catholics, 129 priests, 80 parishes, 36 mission churches, and 21 parochial schools.[2] He selected St. Mary's Church as his new cathedral in 1903, and dedicated it in September 1910.[4] In 1911 he gained a degree of notoriety when he declared that the deadlock in the New York Legislature over the election of William F. Sheehan to the United States Senate was due to anti-Catholicism. Sheehan was later defeated.[5]
Bishop Ludden died at his residence in Syracuse, New York, aged 74. He is buried in the crypt of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse.[1] Bishop Ludden Junior/Senior High School is named after him.
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Most Rev. Patrick Anthony Ludden". Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse. Archived from the original on 2009-06-09.
- ^ a b c d Historical Records and Studies. United States Catholic Historical Society.
- ^ a b c "Bishop Patrick Anthony Ludden". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.[self-published source]
- ^ a b c "Syracuse". Catholic Encyclopedia.
- ^ "Bishop Ludden Dead at 76". The New York Times. 1912-08-07.
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- 1836 births
- 1912 deaths
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
- Irish expatriate Catholic bishops
- Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)
- People educated at St Jarlath's College
- Religious leaders from County Mayo
- 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
- Roman Catholic bishops of Syracuse