Bishop John Hughes

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Bishop John Hughes was a 19th-century Irish-born American Catholic archbishop of New York known for his influential leadership in the church and his role in expanding Catholic education in the United States.

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Bishop John Hughes canonical 2
Archbishop John Hughes 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic bishop ⓘ
human ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ
advocatedFor public support for Catholic schools ⓘ
rights of Irish Catholic immigrants ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Archbishop John Hughes ⓘ
linked to: Bishop John Hughes

Bishop John Hughes ⓘ
Dagger John ⓘ
appointedAsBishopOfNewYork 1838 ⓘ
archdiocese Archdiocese of New York ⓘ
birthCountry Ireland ⓘ
birthDate 1797-06-24 ⓘ
birthPlace Annaloghan, County Tyrone, Ireland ⓘ
burialPlace St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York City ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 19th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1864-01-03 ⓘ
deathPlace New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholic ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
diocese Diocese of New York ⓘ
education Mount St. Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, Maryland ⓘ
elevatedToArchbishop 1850 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Irish ⓘ
familyName Hughes ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
influenced Catholic political and social engagement in 19th-century America ⓘ
development of Catholic education in New York ⓘ
initiatedProject construction of the new St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue, New York City ⓘ
knownFor advocacy for parochial schools ⓘ
defense of Catholic immigrants in the United States ⓘ
expansion of Catholic education in the United States ⓘ
influential sermons and public speeches ⓘ
leadership of the Catholic Church in New York in the 19th century ⓘ
public debates over public school funding and religious education ⓘ
role in establishing a Catholic school system in New York ⓘ
strong opposition to anti-Catholic nativism ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
mentorOf many clergy in the Archdiocese of New York ⓘ
name John Hughes ⓘ
occupation Catholic priest ⓘ
archbishop ⓘ
bishop ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
ordainedAsPriest 1826 ⓘ
oversawConstructionOf Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral expansions ⓘ
placeOfOrdination Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
positionHeld Archbishop of New York ⓘ
Bishop of New York ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
workedAs priest in the Diocese of Philadelphia ⓘ

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St. John’s College → foundedBy → Bishop John Hughes ⓘ
John Hughes → alsoKnownAs → Bishop John Hughes ⓘ
subject linked to: Bishop John Hughes
John Hughes → alsoKnownAs → Archbishop John Hughes ⓘ
subject linked to: Bishop John Hughes
linked to: Bishop John Hughes