Archbishop John Ireland

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Archbishop John Ireland was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century Catholic prelate and influential civic leader in the United States, known for his advocacy of education, Americanization, and social reform.

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Archbishop John Ireland canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic archbishop ⓘ
civic leader ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ
advocated integration of Catholic immigrants into American civic life ⓘ
loyalty of Catholics to the United States ⓘ
use of English in Catholic schools and parishes ⓘ
appointedBishopDate 1884-07-31 ⓘ
birthDate 1838-09-11 ⓘ
birthPlace Burnchurch, County Kilkenny, Ireland ⓘ
citizenship Ireland ⓘ
United States ⓘ
consecrationDate 1875-12-21 ⓘ
countryOfBirth Ireland ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States ⓘ
deathDate 1918-09-25 ⓘ
deathPlace St. Paul, Minnesota, United States ⓘ
diocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul ⓘ
educatedAt College of the Propaganda Fide ⓘ
Seminary of Meximieux, France ⓘ
elevatedToArchbishopDate 1888-09-10 ⓘ
familyName Ireland ⓘ
founded Catholic colonization projects in Minnesota ⓘ
Saint Paul Seminary ⓘ
fullName John Ireland ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
honorificPrefix Archbishop ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of Catholic education ⓘ
colonization and settlement projects for Catholic immigrants ⓘ
influence in civic affairs in Minnesota ⓘ
leadership in the Americanization movement ⓘ
moderate stance in the Americanist controversy ⓘ
promotion of Americanization of immigrants ⓘ
support for public schools ⓘ
support for separation of church and state in education policy ⓘ
support for social reform ⓘ
memberOf Roman Catholic hierarchy in the United States ⓘ
militaryRank chaplain ⓘ
movement Americanism (Catholic Americanization movement) ⓘ
opposed ethnic parochialism in Catholic parishes ⓘ
ordinationDate 1861-12-21 ⓘ
participatedIn American Civil War ⓘ
placeOfConsecration Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ⓘ
placeOfOrdination Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Archbishop of Saint Paul ⓘ
Bishop of Saint Paul ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ⓘ
servedAs chaplain of the Fifth Minnesota Regiment ⓘ
servedIn Union Army ⓘ
supported Catholic rural colonization of the American Midwest ⓘ

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University of St. Thomas → foundedBy → Archbishop John Ireland ⓘ