Thomas Heslin
Thomas Heslin (April 17, 1847 – February 22, 1911) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Natchez from 1889 until his death in 1911.
Biography[]
One of seven children, Thomas Heslin was born in Killoe, County Longford, to Patrick and Catherine (née Hughes) Heslin.[1] Upon the completion of his classical studies in Granard, he came to the United States at the invitation of Archbishop Jean-Marie Odin in 1863.[2] He then studied theology and philosophy under the Lazarists at diocesan seminary of New Orleans.[1] Too young to receive ordination, he taught at Jefferson College for several years.[2]
He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John Quinlan on September 8, 1869.[3] He then served as a curate at the Cathedral of St. Louis for a month, when he was transferred to St. Vincent de Paul Church and later to St. Patrick's Church.[2] From 1874 to 1889, he was pastor of St. Michael's Church in New Orleans.[1]
On March 29, 1889, Heslin was appointed the fifth Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, by Pope Leo XIII.[3] He received his episcopal consecration on the following June 18 from Archbishop Francis Janssens, with Bishops Edward Fitzgerald and Anthony Durier serving as co-consecrators.[3] He served as bishop for the next twenty-one years, until his death at age 65.
References[]
- ^ a b c Leonard, John William, ed. (1905). Who's Who in America. Chicago: A.N. Marquis & Company Publishers.
- ^ a b c "THE NEW BISHOP OF NATCHEZ". The New York Times. 1889-06-19.
- ^ a b c "Bishop Thomas Heslin". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
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- 1847 births
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- 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
- Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)
- Irish expatriate Catholic bishops
- Jefferson College (Mississippi) faculty
- People from County Longford
- Roman Catholic bishops in Mississippi
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States