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BOYLE, Rev. John J., a native of Philadelphia, was born October 13, 1848. Was received into the diocese of Cleveland in November, 1897, and stationed at the Cathedral as curate. In January, 1899. he . was appointed pastor of Rootstown; remained there until June, 1900, when he was transferred to East Palestine, where he died December 3, 1900.
BRAIRE, Rev. Louis, was born in France March 17, 1835. He was ordained at Toronto, Canada, December 18, 1858. Came to the diocese of Cleveland in September, 1881, and was sent to Ravenna, as assistant to the Rev. J. D. Bowles. Attended Kent from Ravenna until June, 1883, when he was sent there as resident pastor. In Feb- ruary, 1889, he was appointed pastor of St. Joseph's, Toledo. He died there suddenly, October 20, 1891. He was the first and only priest incardinated into the diocese by Bishop Gilmour.
BREDEICK, Rev. John O. (See sketch, page 79, this volume. )
BREHM, Rev. Fidelis, a Swiss, was born at Butekon, Canton Aargau. He was received into the diocese of Cleveland in 1870, and appointed pastor of Landeck, which charge he held till 1878. From Landeck he also attended Spencerville (1871-77). During his absence in Europe on a vacation (1876), the pastoral residence at Landeck was destroyed by fire entailing a loss of his library and personal effects. In 1878 he left the diocese with a Catholic colony for Arkansas. His project there failed of success, but Bishop Gilmour, declining to receive him back, he returned to Europe, in 1879, where. in his native country, he was pastor until his death in 1893.
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BREITENSTEIN, Rev. Liborius ( Franciscan), a native of Saxony, was born at Mühlhausen July 26, 1867; was ordained for the Fran- ciscan Order, at St. Louis, Mo., June 24, 1895 ; was in Cleveland, at the Franciscan Monastery, as chaplain of various asylums, etc., from August, 1896, to August, 1899.
BRENNAN, Rev. George H., was born May 14, 1818, at Ballyhu- bert, in county Roscommon, Ireland. He was ordained by Bishop Rappe in May, 1851. Was a curate at the Cathedral about one year. His first pastoral charge was Wooster, May, 1852, to January, 1856. From Wooster he attended Ashland, Crestline and Mansfield as missions. In 1856 he left the diocese and was successively connected with the dioceses of Milwaukee, Dubuque, Springfield and Boston. He returned to Ireland in 1874.
BRENNAN, Rev. Michael J., was born in Macroom, Cork county, Ireland, October 2, 1850; made his studies for the priesthood at Seton Hall, N. J., and completed them in Rome, where he was ordained for the diocese of Newark, March 23, 1875. Was in the diocese of Cleve- land, as curate at St. Vincent's, Akron, from August, 1888, to July, 1890, when he left.
BROWN, Rev. Michael Bernard, was born May 20, 1840, at Beck- mantown, Clinton county, New York ; made his ecclesiastical studies at the seminary in Cleveland, and in Notre Dame University, Indiana. He was ordained by Bishop Luers for the Society of the Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Indiana, June 10, 1867. He remained with the society till August, 1876. From that time till August, 1883, he was on the mission in the diocese of Cleveland, viz .: assistant at St. Columba's, Youngstown, till July, 1877; pastor of Crestline to March, 1881; again assistant at St. Columba's, Youngstown, till December, 1881. He then had temporary charge of St. Joseph's, Youngstown, till March, 1882. His last appointment was Wellsville, where he remained till August, 1883, when he left the diocese. He died September 19, 1888.
BROWN, Rev. Patrick Henry, was born at Sherrington, Canada; December 21, 1834; was ordained by Bishop Rappe June 30, 1861; appointed pastor of Hudson the following month, attending as inissions Ravenna and Kent. In the latter place he built the present church. In 1862 he was stationed at Ravenna, where he remained till July, 1872, meanwhile attending Kent (1862-72) and Hudson (1862-67). His next and last charge was St. Columba's, Youngstown, which he resigned in July, 1877, owing to protracted illness; was brought to Charity Hospital, Cleveland, where, after nearly a year of suffering, he died September 26, 1878 .*
BRUEGGEMANN, Rev. Eustace (Franciscan), was born at Werl, Westphalia, April 2, 1830: ordained March 17, 1866: in the United States since October, 1869 ; was in the diocese of Cleveland as superior of Franciscan Monastery, Cleveland, from 1879 to 1882, attending Independence and Parma as missions from January to July, 1881.
BRUNNER, Very Rev. Francis Salesius (Sanguinist), was born in Switzerland, January 19, 1795, and ordained in March, 1819. He came
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to this country in December, 1843, and was the founder and Provincial of the Sanguinist Society in America. With a band of his faithful co- laborers he took charge of Peru and surrounding missions, January, 1841. He established Sanguinist convents at Thompson, New Riegel and Glandorf. He and his self-sacrificing co-laborers-the pioneer Sanguinist Fathers-deserve well of the Catholics of the diocese of Cleveland. Their work has been unostentatious, but none the less suc- cessful and lasting. He was in Northern Ohio till 1858, when he went to Europe. He died at Schellenberg, in the Principality of Lichten- stein, Austria, December 29, 1859. Father Brunner was a saintly priest and a wise and prudent superior.
BUCHHOLTZ, Rev. Louis (Jesuit), a native of Würtemberg, Ger- many, was born in the town of Wurzach, May 12, 1851; made his ecclesiastical studies with the Jesuits, and was ordained for the Society in Liverpool, England, March 4, 1882, by Bishop O'Reilly. After being a professor at Canisius' College, Buffalo, from September, 1883, to August, 1891, he was appointed a missionary, with residence at Cleveland. In September, 1898, he was transferred to Buffalo. He is now in Europe.
BUCHHOLZ, Rev. Lucius (Franciscan), was born at Dorsten, Prussia, diocese of Muenster, April 3, 1838 ; ordained August 16, 1868; in Cleveland Monastery from 1869 to 1871.
BURKARD, Rev. George (Jesuit), was born in New York City, February 10, 1854. Became a Jesuit and was ordained at Ditton Hall, England, August 28, 1887. Was in the diocese at St. Mary's, Toledo, from July, 1894, to January, 1897. From Toledo he attended Syl- vania, Genoa and other small missions.
BURKE, Rt. Rev. Edmund. (See biographical sketch, pages 84-86, this volume.)
BURNS, Rev. William J., was born in London, England, July 10, 1819. He was ordained for the Jesuits at Gozo, Malta, December 21, 1880. Left the Jesuits; came to the diocese of Cleveland in October, 1891, and was appointed temporary pastor of St. Joseph's, Toledo, where he remained in charge until February, 1892. One month later he was sent to Sts. Peter and Paul's church, Sandusky, as curate. He remained there only a few weeks, when he left the diocese and returned to England.
BYRNE, Rev. Michael Ambrose, was born, 1821, near Stranorlar, county Donegal, Ireland ; came to the United States at the age of 17. A few years later he entered Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, Md., and finished his studies at Cincinnati, where he was ordained by Bishop Purcell, November 9, 1845. January, 1816, he was sent to Cleveland as assistant to Rev. P. Mclaughlin. From Cleveland he also attended Avon. Painesville and South Thompson. In 1844 he returned to Cincinnati and was appointed first resident pastor of All Saints' church, Fulton, then a suburb of Cincinnati, where he died of cholera August 22, 1850.
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BYRNE, Rev. Robert Alexis, brother to Rev. Michael A. Byrne, was born near Stranorlar, county Donegal, Ireland, in 1828 ; made part of his studies for the ministry in Londonderry (Ireland), Emmittsburg and Fordham. He was ordained by Archbishop Hughes in 1856. Remained in the diocese of New York till 1873, when he was received by Bishop Gilmour and sent to Toledo. There he organized the present Good Shepherd congregation, whose church was built under his direction. His health failing, he resigned this charge March 20, 18:5, and returned to his home in Ireland, where he died August 23d, of the same year.
CAHILL, Rev. John T., was born in Elmira, N. Y., December 5, 1853. After preparing himself in various colleges and seminaries for the priesthood. he was adopted for the diocese of Cleveland. He com- pleted his studies at St. Mary's Seminary, where he was ordained by Bishop Gilmour, June 15, 1878. Between 1878 and 1889 he had the following pastoral charges in the diocese: Van Wert and missions ; temporary pastor of East Liverpool, Olmsted, Bellevue, Clyde, Ravenna and Kent. His charge was St. Joseph's church, Massillon, from September, 1889, till he died, August 11, 1890. He was in ill health for about three years previous to his death.
CALDERINI, Rev. Julius, was stationed at St. Columba's, Youngs- town, as curate for some months in 1864. No other record of him.
CAMPION, V. Rev. Augustine S., was born at Henin-Lietard, pas- de-Calais, France, February 18, 1811. After completing his studies for the ministry at the seminary of Arras, France, he was ordained December 18, 1834. He did pastoral duty in his native country till 1848, when he came to Cleveland in June of same year. On his arrival Bishop Rappe sent him to Fremont as assistant to Rev. L. Nightingale, pastor of St. Ann's. From Fremont he attended a number of smaller missions in the vicinity, viz .: Toussaint, La Prairie, etc. In 1849 he was sent to Wooster, whence he also attended French Settlement and Doylestown. In 1851 he was given pastoral charge of St. John's, Canton, and attended Canal Fulton and Massillon as missions. Novem- ber, 1853, he was called to the Cathedral and made vicar-general. His next and last appointment in this diocese was the pastorate of St. Francis de Sales', Toledo, November, 1854, to May, 1856. He then left the diocese to join the Sulpitians at Montreal, where he remained till his death, June 10, 1886. He had been ill for nearly two years previous to his demise and was unable to do duty. While stationed at Toledo he arranged for the opening of an orphan asylum in that city. Father Campion was a most devoted priest, charitable, kind-hearted and full of zeal for religion.
CAPEDER, Rev. Peter Anthony (Sanguinist), was born at Lum- brein, Canton Graubündten, Switzerland, January 1, 1817. After completing his studies at Loewenburg, Switzerland, he was ordained at Feldkirch, Austria, by Bishop George Pruenster, May 11, 1843. He came to this country in December. 1843, with the first band of Sanguin- ist Fathers. From 1844 to 1888 he was stationed in and outside the diocese of Cleveland, in places committed to the Sanguinists : he shared
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the hardships of the pioneer priest. He was in the diocese of Cleve- land from 1844-57; 1865-70; 1872-80; 1884, to May, 1886, with Peru, Thompson, New Riegel, Tiffin, Upper Sandusky, Findlay, Liverpool and Glandorf as the several fields of his pastoral work. In November, 1887, he was again sent by his superior to Thompson, where he remained till his sudden death, October 2, 1888. During the last few years of his life he did no pastoral work, owing to physical inability, his hearing and memory having been seriously impaired. "Father Peter Anthony," as he was familiarly called, was a man without guile; his daily life was an edifying, practical illustration of humility and sim- plicity. Full of sunshine in his character, he won all who had any intercourse with him, by his kindly words, genial humor and spark- ling wit.
CAPITANI, Rev. Pacifico, was born in Ascolo-Piceno, Province of Ancona, Italy, August 5, 1848; was educated at Rome for the sacred ministry, and there ordained September 27, 1870. He was on the mission in Egypt, France and England between 1870 and 1884. After a sojourn in Rome for nearly two years he was received, in July, 1886, by Bishop Gilmour, who directed him to organize St. Anthony's Italian congregation, in Cleveland. He was pastor of St. Anthony's until April, 1899, when he returned to Italy.
CARABIN, Rev. Peter A., was born in France, 1807, and there educated for the sacred ministry ; came to this country in 1828 and was ordained by Bishop Fenwick in 1831; was received into the·diocese of Cleveland, 1847, after having been on the missions of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan for a number of years. Bishop Rappe sent him to Peru, where he remained from December, 1847, to September, 1850. His next charge was St. Ann's, Fremont, till 1852, when he was · stricken with paralysis. He rallied for a short time sufficiently to do pastoral duty at St. Peter's, Canton, from February to August, 1853 : was then obliged to give up all work, and for twenty years was a patient sufferer. He lived in retirement at St. Vincent's Asylum, Cleve- land, for many years, and died there August 1, 1873. His remains are interred in St. John's cemetery, Cleveland.
CARON, Very Rev. Alexis. (See biographical sketch, pages 90-92, this volume.)
CARRAGHER, Rev. Bernard, born, educated and ordained in Ireland, was received by Bishop Rappe, November, 1853. Until August, 1854, he was connected with the Cathedral. He was next appointed pastor of St. John's, Canton, residing there from December, 1851, till his death, on Good Friday (April 10), 1857. From Canton he also attended Alliance and St. Joseph's, Massillon.
CARROLL, Rev. John P., a native of New York City, was born November 8, 1839 ; made his ecclesiastical studies at Notre Dame, Ind., and St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland. He was ordained by Bishop Rappe May 4, 1862. He held the following charges in the diocese of Cleveland : Cleveland, Cathedral, as curate from May to October. 1862; Defiance, St. John's, whence he attended Napoleon, Providence
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and a number of stations in Henry county; pastor of Napoleon ; Fre- mont, St. Ann's; Cleveland, St. Augustine's; Ravenna; and of St. John's, Canton. His last pastoral charge was East Liverpool, from November, 1879, to March, 1893, when he was obliged to resign because of ill health. For nearly a year he was a patient at Charity Ilospital, Cleveland, where he died February 6, 1894 .*
CARROLL, Rev. Thomas, was born at Ardagh, Ireland, August 17, 1833; educated at Notre Dame, Ind., and ordained in 1858 by Bishop Luers, for the Holy Cross Society, which he left in 1863, on account of ill health. January, 1864, he was received into the diocese of Cleveland and appointed assistant at the Cathedral. He remained till October, 1867, when he was received into the diocese of Erie. He died at Oil City, Penn., May 25, 1878.
CEBULLA, Rev. Sebastian (Franciscan), was born March 10, 1838, in Silesia ; ordained March 12, 1869; in the Franciscan Monastery of Cleveland from 1883 to 1884.
CHAPUIS, Rev. Joseph E., born in Switzerland March 6, 1848; was ordained in his native country June 29, 1873. Came to the diocese of Cleveland in October, 1894, and was appointed pastor of St. Louis' church, Toledo, where he remained till he left the diocese, in Decem- ber, 1895.
CHERRIER, Rev. Leo ( Basilian), was born at Dundas, Ont., Canada, October 28, 1834; educated at St. Michael's College, Toronto, and there ordained by Bishop Lynch, March 25, 1864; was in the dio- cese of Cleveland from 1872 to 1873 as professor at St. Louis' College, Louisville, Ohio.
CLEMENT, Rev. Julius, a native of France, was ordained there about 1850. He was received by Bishop Rappe, July, 1864, and appointed one of the professors at St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, and, in 1866, superior of the college at Louisville, O., where he remained till ' July, 1867: He was then received into the diocese of Vincennes, where he died, as pastor of Green Castle, Ind., in October, 1871.
COADY, Rev. Peter, was born in Bally-Callan, county Kilkenny, Ireland ; came to the diocese of Cleveland from Canada in 1870 ; was at St. Mary's Seminary for a few months, when he was appointed pastor of South Thompson, with charge of Jefferson as a mission. He remained there from March, 1871, till some time in 1872, when he left the diocese.
COLLINS, Very Rev. Edward Timothy, a native of Philadelphia, Pa., was born February 14, 1802; studied for the ministry at Mt. St. Mary's Seminary, Enamittsburg, Md .; was ordained by Bishop Ken- rick, July 1, 1832, for the diocese of Cincinnati, where he was stationed at the Cathedral. His first pastoral charge was St. Joseph's, Dayton. May, 1838, Bishop Purcell appointed him as one of his vicars-general. Between 1837 and 1839 he visited the missions along the Miami canal, from Cincinnati as far up as Toledo, making the entire journey on horseback. He also attended missions in Columbiana county (Dun-
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gannon, etc.), about 1831. Father Collins was a scholarly man and a most worthy priest, genial and companionable, without ever forgetting what he owed his priestly dignity. He died at Cincinnati, August 26, 1865.
CONLAN, Very Rev. James. (See biographical sketch, pages 107- 108, this volume.)
CONLAN, Rev. James V., was born at Mohill, county Leitrim, Ireland, September 21, 1820; made his ecclesiastical studies at Cincin- nati; was ordained in (old) St. Vincent's church, Akron, Ohio, by Bishop Purcell, September 5, 1847, five weeks before the consecration of Father Rappe as first Bishop of Cleveland, and was appointed assist- ant to Rev. James Conlan at Dungannon. "Father Vincent," as he was called, to distinguish him from his cousin, the Very Rev. James Conlan, was next given charge of St. John's church, Canton, August, 1848, whence he also attended Canal Fulton. He remained at Canton till January, 1851, when he was appointed pastor of Holy Angels', Sandusky. December, 1855, he was assigned as assistant to Rev. James Conlan, at St. Patrick's, Cleveland, where they zealously and successfully labored together till March 5, 1875, when the latter died. Father Vincent succeeded as pastor of St. Patrick's. August, 1877, he resigned this charge and took the pastorate of St. Ann's, Fremont. There he remained till January 15, 1883. Owing to pro- tracted illness, which prevented him from doing pastoral duty, he resigned and went to Charity Hospital, Cleveland, where he died March 15, 1883. His remains are buried in St. John's cemetery, Cleveland. He was a genial, kind-hearted priest.
CONLAN, Rev. Thomas J., was born in Summitville, Columbiana county, Ohio, February 6, 1846 ; commenced his ecclesiastical studies in St. John's College, formerly existing in Cleveland ; finished them in St. Mary's Seminary, Lake street; was ordained by Bishop Rappe March 7, 1869. For a while he was a professor in the diocesan seminary ; then (1870) he was transferred to the Cathedral as assistant. In 1873 he accepted the position of secretary to Bishop Gilmour, but from 1874, owing to ill health, was unable to render much service either in this capacity, or while having charge at the Cathedral. He made every effort to recuperate his fast waning strength, traveling exten- sively for his health, but all to no purpose. For five years he was a patient sufferer from consumption, till finally death relieved him, August 20, 1879. He died at his father's residence in Cleveland. His remains are buried in St. John's cemetery. Cleveland, near those of his uncle, the Very Rev. James Conlan. He was of a kind, gentle nature, gifted, and thoroughly a priest. "Father Tom," though no more among the living, lives in the memory of those with whom and for whom he labored. as one of God's chosen ministers, and as a model ecclesiastic.
COPPINGER, Rev. Thomas J. J., was born and educated in Ireland (no record of date or place of birth). As a young man he was in the British army : then came to the United States, and was ordained by Bishop Purcell at Cincinnati, October 21, 1851. and appointed assistant
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at the Cathedral. Left the diocese of Cincinnati and came to Cleve- land, September, 1862, and was an assistant at Cathedral till July, 1863. He then enlisted in the army, was wounded in the battle of Winchester, and then discharged. Returned to Ireland, where he died about 1874.
COQUERELLE, Rev. Charles M., born at Etaples, diocese of Arras, France, May 31, 1804; was ordained in 1833; came to Cleveland August, 1850 ; was sent to Holy Angels' church, Sandusky, whence he attended Port Clinton, Marblehead, Toussaint and La Prairie. In the fall of 1852, after nearly two years of laborious mission work, he was appointed pastor of Painesville, whence he also attended Ashtabula. Ile remained at Painesville till 1869, when he resigned his pastorate on account of deafness and old age. Shortly after his resignation he returned to France, where he died September 5, 1880.
COTE, Rev. Angelus C. (Dominican), a Canadian, was born March 20, 1856; ordained, August 25, 1882; had temporary charge of Annunciation church, Cleveland, during the illness and absence of the pastor, from May to September, 1899.
COUILLARD, Rev. J. B., born and ordained in Canada ; was received into the diocese by Bishop Rappe in 1869 ; assistant to Rev. F. M. Boff at St. Francis' church, Toledo, October, 1869, till February, 18:1, when he left the diocese of Cleveland. He was then received into the diocese of Springfield, where he died in 1874.
CSURGOVICH, Rev. John, a native of Hungary, was born April 18, 1861. Was ordained according to the Uniate-Greek rite, January ?. 1886. Came to Cleveland, January, 1893, and was appointed pastor of St. John's Uniate-Greek church, of which he had charge until Septem- ber, 1896, when he left the diocese.
CULLEN, Rev. James, was born in Wexford, Ireland, June 29, 1814. He was ordained for the diocese of Philadelphia by Bishop Kenrick, July 19, 1847. Remained in that diocese, holding various positions, till 1870, when he went to Albany. In 1812 he was received by Bishop Gilmour, who appointed him resident pastor of Wellsville, with charge of East Liverpool as a mission. He was transferred to East Liverpool in November, 1874, and remained till February. 1876. From that time until December, 1882, he did pastoral duty in the following places: Vermilion, Olmsted and, as assistant. at Canal Fulton. In January, 1883, he was obliged to give up all pastoral work owing to ill health and failing memory. In September, 1888, he went to Chicago, where he died at St. Alexis' Hospital, May 21, 1891. .
CZAKERT, Rev. Peter (Redemptorist), was born December 12, 1808, in Bohemia. In his twenty-fourth year he joined the Redemp- torists ; was ordained January 12, 1834, and soon after came to the United States. He was sent to Northern Ohio ( Peru, Huron county), in 1835, as assistant to Father Tschenhens, and remained till 1839, when he returned to Baltimore. In 1844 he was appointed Provincial of the Redemptorists in this country, retaining this position till 1817,
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when he was sent to Lafayette, near New Orleans, where he died September 2, 1848. He was a model priest, full of missionary zcal.
DACEY, Rev. John J., a native of Massachusetts, was born July 11, 1860 ; ordained for the archdiocese of Boston, December 22, 1888; was stationed at the Cathedral, in Cleveland, for nearly two months, in the fall of 1898, when he left the diocese.
DALY, Rev. Cornelius, born in county Cork, Ireland, was ordained by Bishop Purcell, March 2, 1844. For nearly a year he labored on the mission in Southern Ohio. He was then appointed first resident pastor of St. Vincent's, Akron (1845-46). Meanwhile he also attended Doylestown, whither he was transferred, February, 1846. He also attended Youngstown (1845). When the diocese of Cleveland was organized (October, 1847), he affiliated with the diocese of Cincinnati, where he remained till his death, at Fayetteville, Brown county, January 24, 1876.
DANENHOFFER, Rev. Aloysius, had temporary charge of St. Peter's church, Toledo, during the illness of the pastor (his brother), between 1893 and 1895, when he returned to the diocese of Vincennes, for which he had been ordained. No other record of him.
DANENHOFFER, Rev. Peter, a native of the diocese of Metz, Lorraine, was born in the village of Redersching, February 21, 1834; was ordained by Bishop Rappe, June 28, 1863, and appointed first pastor of St. Bernard's church, Akron, where he remained till July, 1866, when he was sent to Toledo, to organize St. Peter's parish, whose pastor he remained till his death, April 20, 1898.
D'ARCY, Rev. Louis Florence, was born and educated in France (diocese of Arras) ; came to Cleveland in August, 1850; was ordained by Bishop Rappe, April 2, 1851 ; was assistant at the Cathedral till Sep- tember, 1851, when he was appointed pastor of Louisville, remaining till May, 1854. He then went to France for the benefit of his health, returning in 1856. He again had charge of Louisville congregation, till 1861, when he left the diocese of Cleveland. Whilst at Louisville he also attended Strasburg. Between 1861 and 1866 he labored in the dioceses of Mobile and Cincinnati, and for a short time he was also at Notre Dame, Ind. In 1866 he was again received by Bishop Rappe and appointed pastor of St. Ann's, Fremont, but remained in charge only till July, 1867, when he returned to France, where he died a few years later.
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