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John Loughlin
Born	(1817-12-20)December 20, 1817 Drumbonniff, County Down, Ireland
Died	December 29, 1891(1891-12-29) (aged 74) Brooklyn, New York, United States
Nationality	American
Title	Bishop
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John Loughlin (December 20, 1817 – December 29, 1891) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of Brooklyn, of the U.S. state of New York (1853–1891).

Early life

John Loughlin was born in Drumbonniff, County Down, Ireland to John and Mary (née McNulty) Loughlin. At the age of six he came with his parents to the United States, where they settled in Albany, New York. He received his early education at The Albany Academy, and entered the college of Chambly in Quebec, Canada, at age fourteen. After three years at Chambly, he returned to the United States and enrolled at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John Hughes on October 18, 1840. He then served as a curate at St. John's Church in Utica until 1841, when he was transferred to St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. In 1850, he was named vicar general of the Archdiocese of New York.

Tenure as Bishop

On June 19, 1853, Loughlin was appointed the first Bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Brooklyn by Pope Pius IX. He, along with James Roosevelt Bayley, first Bishop of Newark, received their episcopal consecration on the following October 30 from Archbishop Gaetano Bedini, with Bishops John McCloskey and Louis Amadeus Rappe serving as co-consecrators.

During his 38-year-long tenure, the Catholic population of the diocese increased from about 15,000 to nearly 400,000. Bishop Loughlin erected 125 churches and chapels, 93 parochial schools, two colleges, 10 orphanages, five hospitals, two homes for the aged, a home for destitute boys, and a seminary. He erected the Chapel of the Resurrection at Holy Cross Cemetery in 1855.

In 1861, he expressed his support for the Union during the Civil War. He attended the Plenary Councils of Baltimore (1852, 1866, 1884) as well as the First Vatican Council (1869–1870) in Rome, where he was named an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne.

Loughlin died at his residence in Brooklyn, New York, aged 74.

Legacy

Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Brooklyn is named for him.

References

1. ^ Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (1904). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Vol. VII. Boston: The Biographical Society. Retrieved May 9, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
2. ^ Meehan, Thomas. "Diocese of Brooklyn". Catholic Encyclopedia.
3. ^ "Bishop John Loughlin". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
4. Historic Old St John's Catholic Church
5. Historical Records and Studies. Vol. II. New York: United States Catholic Historical Society. 1901.
6. Catholic Cemeteries, Diocese of Brooklyn; accessed July 12, 2020.
7. "The Bishop is Dead". New York World. December 29, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved May 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "History", Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School

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Bishops	Ordinaries John Loughlin Charles Edward McDonnell Thomas Edmund Molloy Bryan Joseph McEntegart Francis Mugavero Thomas Vose Daily Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio Robert J. Brennan Auxiliary bishops Gerald Barbarito Anthony Bevilacqua John Joseph Boardman Frank Joseph Caggiano Ignatius Anthony Catanello Raymond Francis Chappetto Octavio Cisneros Joseph Peter Michael Denning Raymond Augustine Kearney Charles Richard Mulrooney George Mundelein Edmund Joseph Reilly Paul Robert Sanchez Guy Sansaricq John J. Snyder Joseph Michael Sullivan René Arnold Valero Bishops who served as priests in the diocese Vincent DePaul Breen Edward Bernard Scharfenberger
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• 1817 births
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• 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
• Irish emigrants to the United States
• Mount St. Mary's University alumni
• Christian clergy from County Down
• Roman Catholic bishops of Brooklyn
• The Albany Academy alumni
• American Roman Catholic clergy of Irish descent