Tobias Mullen
Tobias Mullen | |
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| Bishop of Erie | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Erie |
| In office | 3 March 1868 – 10 August 1899 |
| Predecessor | Joshua Maria Young |
| Successor | John Edmund Fitzmaurice |
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| Ordination | 1 September 1844 |
| Consecration | 2 August 1868 |
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| Born | March 4, 1818 Urney, County Tyrone, Ireland |
| Died | April 22, 1900 (aged 82) Erie, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Alma mater | Maynooth College |
Tobias Mullen (March 4, 1818 – April 22, 1900) was an Irish-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Erie from 1868 to 1899.
Biography[]
Tobias Mullen was born in Urney, County Tyrone, the youngest of the six sons of James and Mary (née Travers) Mullen.[1] He was educated at Castlefin school and at Maynooth College, where he studied theology and received minor orders.[2] In 1843, he accepted an invitation from Bishop Michael O'Connor to join the Diocese of Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.[2]
After completing his theological studies, he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop O'Connor on September 1, 1844.[3] He served for about two years as curate at the Cathedral of Pittsburgh, and was afterwards charged with the care of congregations at Johnstown and in Jefferson County.[1] He was transferred to the rectorship of St. Peter's Church at Allegheny in 1854, and served as vicar general of the Diocese of Pittsburgh from 1864 to 1868.[2]
On March 3, 1868, Mullen was appointed the third Bishop of Erie by Pope Pius IX.[3] He received his episcopal consecration on the following August 2 from Bishop Michael Domenec, with Bishops James Frederick Wood and Louis Amadeus Rappe serving as co-consecrators.[3] During his 31-year-long administration many priests were ordained, parishes established, churches and schools built, and conferences for the clergy held.[4] He also founded the weekly Lake Shore Visitor, an orphanage, and two hospitals.[4] His greatest accomplishment was the erection of St. Peter's Cathedral.[5] Originally dubbed as "Mullen's Folly", its cornerstone was laid in 1875 and it was later dedicated in 1893.[5]
Mullen suffered a paralytic stroke on May 20, 1897.[5] He received John Edmund Fitzmaurice as his coadjutor bishop the following year.[4] He remained in ill health until his death at age 82.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Shea, John Gilmary (1886). The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church in the United States. New York: The Office of Catholic Publications.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Brown, John Howard, ed. (1903). Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States. V. Boston: Federal Book Company of Boston.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Bishop Tobias Mullen". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.[self-published source]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Erie". Catholic Encyclopedia.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "1853-1900: Early History". Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04.
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- 1818 births
- 1900 deaths
- Roman Catholic bishops of Erie
- Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)
- Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth