Samuel Eccleston (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
James McNeal · 1913
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Samuel Eccleston, fifth archbishop of Baltimore, was born near Chestertown, Maryland, on 27 June 1801 and died at Georgetown on 22 April 1851. Son of an Episcopalian father, he came under Catholic influence when his widowed mother married a Catholic named Stenson, and at St Mary's College, Baltimore, he converted. His entry in the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia follows a convert who rose to lead American Catholicism.
Entering St Mary's Seminary in 1819 and ordained priest in 1825, he studied further at Issy in France, then returned to become vice-president and, two years later, president of St Mary's College. Consecrated coadjutor in 1834, he succeeded Archbishop Whitfield that same October and also administered Richmond until 1841. Many new churches rose in his term, and he gave freely from his own funds to build them.
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| CREATOR | James McNeal |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |