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MULLON, Rev. James Ignatius, a native of Ireland, studied for the ministry at Mt. St. Mary's Seminary, Emmittsburg, Md .. and was
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ordained by Bishop Fenwick in 1824. Shortly after his ordination he attended the Catholic settlers in Wayne and Columbiana counties, and repeatedly made pastoral visits to Canton, Tiffin and Fremont. He was stationed at the Cathedral in Cincinnati for nearly ten years, and while there he published the Catholic Telegraph (1831-34), of which he was the first editor. He was a facile writer, a brilliant scholar, and an eloquent preacher. He left Ohio in 1834 and went to the diocese of New Orleans, where he died in September, 1866, aged seventy-two years.
MYLER, Rev. James P., was born in Cleveland, O., July 27, 1856. He was educated for the priesthood at Cincinnati and Cleveland. Was ordained by Bishop Gilmour, July 6, 1884. Between July, 1884, and January, 1885, he had temporary charge of the following churches : St. Augustine's, Cleveland ; St. Stephen's, Niles; St. Mary's, Norwalk. January 20, 1885, he was sent to Holy Name church, Cleveland, as assistant. This last position he held till July, 1887, when he was relieved from all duty, owing to consumption, to which he had fallen a victim. He then retired to his home at Painesville, O., where he died, August 31, 1887. He was a model priest, and a young man of much promise.
NEUBRAND, Rev. Francis X. (Jesuit), was born in Würtemberg, December 7, 1832 ; was ordained in Germany, August 10, 1857. Came to the United States in 1864; joined the Jesuits in 1868, and was engaged in giving missions in many dioceses in the Northwest, until 1890. He was then transferred to St. Ignatius' College, Cleveland, where he belonged to a missionary band, until August, 1893, and again from August, 1894, to August, 1895. He is now at St. Ann's church, Buffalo.
NEUMANN, Rt. Rev. John Nepomucene (Redemptorist), was born on Good Friday, March 28, 1811, at Prachatitz, Bohemia. His parents were from Bavaria, but in 1802 had settled in Bohemia. He made his studies at the seminaries of Budweis and Prague, where he distinguished himself by his talent and piety. He came to the United States in 1836, and was ordained in New York City by Bishop Dubois, June 25, of same year. Remaining a secular priest until October, 1840, he sought admission from the Redemptorists and was received by them at Pittsburg as a novice. During the summer of the following year he was sent to Peru, Huron county, O., as assistant to the Rev. F. X. Tschenhens, also a Redemptorist. On his way thither he met Bishop Purcell at Canton, who asked him to go to Randolph for a few weeks and there reorganize the congregation that had been without spiritual attendance since the destruction of their church, by fire, in 1838. Father Neumann did as asked, and then resumed his journey to Peru, where he remained about six months. March 28, 1852, he was conse- crated Bishop of Philadelphia. He died suddenly in that city, January 5, 1860. He was distinguished for his great humility, piety, learning and zeal. In May. 1886. a commission was appointed to inquire into the life, character and works of Bishop Neumann, and to send to Rome the testimony procured, with a view to having him eventually canon-
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ized. It is the belief of all who came in contact with Bishop Neumann during his life that he possessed the virtues and attributes of a saint. This belief has been strengthened since his death by the many miraculous cures which are said to have taken place at the tomb where his remains lie, in St. Peter's church, Philadelphia.
NEUMANN, Rev. Maximilian ( Franciscan), was born in Neustadt, Silesia, July 7, 1846. He was educated for the Franciscans in Germany; was ordained for their Order, at Cologne, March 13, 1875. Came to this country in September, 1875. Was superior of the Fran- ciscan Monastery, Cleveland, from July, 1885, to August 6, 1888. He was then appointed pastor of St. Peter's church, Chicago. Is now stationed at San Francisco, Cal.
NEUMANN, Rev. Nicholas Lawrence, was a native of Boulogne, France, where he was also educated for the ministry. He was ordained at Metz and was engaged on the mission in France, till 1850, when he came to America. In January, 1852, he was received into the diocese of Cleveland by Bishop Rappe, who directed him to attend the Catholic Germans of Cleveland. Left the diocese about April, 1852, and went to Toronto; later he returned to Europe, where he died.
NEUMUELLER, Rev. Matthias (Jesuit), a native of Bavaria, was born February 8, 1843; he was ordained for the Jesuits, September 4, 1874; came to the United States in February, 1898, after having been on the missions in England, Holland, East India and Germany. Was in the diocese of Cleveland, as chaplain, at St. Mary's, Toledo, from August, 1898, to September, 1899, and as assistant at St. Mary's, Cleveland, from August, 1893, to July, 1894. Is now stationed at the Jesuit College in Prairie du Chien, Wis.
NEUSTICH, Rev. John B. (Jesuit), a Westphalian, was born May 19, 1840 ; was ordained at Paderborn, March 31, 1865 ; became a Jesuit in October, 1869 ; in the United States since August, 1876 ; was pastor of St. Mary's, Cleveland, from June, 1886, to July, 1894. He was then stationed at St. Ignatius' College until September, 1897, when he was transferred to Prairie du Chien. Wis. He is now at Mankato, Minn.
NIEMOELLER, Rev. Eustace (Franciscan), was born in Westphalia, April 9, 1837; in the United States since August. 1860; ordained at Teutopolis, Ill., for the Franciscans, December 4, 1868; at the Fran- ciscan Monastery, Cleveland, from September, 1871, to August, 1880, where he was chaplain and spiritual director of several religious com- munities. He is now stationed at Chicago.
NIGHTINGALE, Rev. William L., of English birth, was received into the diocese of Cleveland. July 1848, and for a few weeks assisted at the Cathedral, then on the "Flats," Cleveland. He was then appointed first resident pastor of St. Ann's, Fremont, where he re- mained till he left the diocese, some time during the early part of 1850. No other record of him.
NIGSCHI, Rev. Francis (Sanguinist), was born in Tyrol. Austria, May 24, 1846: made his ecclesiastical studies at Einsiedeln. Switzer-
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land, and at Carthagena, O. Was ordained for the Sanguinists, Janu- ary 25, 1872. He was stationed in the diocese of Cleveland, as pastor of Glandorf, from October, 1881, to February, 1897. He was then transferred by his Provincial to Fort Wayne, Ind., where he is now pastor.
NOLTE, Rev. Jacob ( Franciscan), a Westphalian, was born August 8, 1851 ; came to the United States, July, 1875 ; ordained July 25, 1877; in Franciscan Monastery, Cleveland, from 1878 to 1879. At present he is stationed at San Francisco, Cal.
NOLTE, Rev. Paschalis (Franciscan), was born in Germete, West- phalia, Germany, June 12, 1845; educated at Franciscan Monastery, Quincy, Ill. ; ordained at St. Louis, for the Franciscans, June 5, 1881; stationed at the Franciscan Monastery, Cleveland, as chaplain, etc., from July, 1882, to July, 1885, when he was transferred to Chicago, where he died, July 28, 1900.
NOTHEIS, Rev. Philemon (Sanguinist), a native of Ohio, was born at Berlin, Shelby county, November 15, 1867; was ordained for the Sanguinists, at Carthagena, O., February 14, 1896; had pastoral charge of Reed, Seneca county, from March, 1896, to September, 1900. He is now pastor of St. Peter's, Mercer county, O.
NUNAN, Rev. F. X., a native of Ireland, was born May 10, 1845; made his studies at St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, and St. Sulpice, Paris; was ordained for the diocese of San Francisco, in September, 1869; in October, 1875, came to the diocese of Cleveland, where he had charge of the following places: Wakeman, . Vermilion, Clyde, Archbold, St. Mary's Corners and Wellsville. He was dismissed in September, 1884.
O'BAIRNE, Rev. - (Dominican), stationed at St. John's, Canton, in 1835. No other record of him.
O'BRIEN, Rev. Cornelius L., was born in Clonwell, Ireland, November 17, 1837; was ordained at Baltimore, June 29, 1865; was in the diocese of Cleveland from August, 1888, to January, 1893, viz., at St. Augustine's, Cleveland, for a few weeks after his arrival in the diocese; Carey, with the mission of Crawfordsville, to January, 1890, and Salineville, to January, 1893, when he returned to the diocese of Covington, for which he had been ordained.
O'BRIEN, Rev. Denis P., born in Ireland, July 8, 1859 : ordained June 17, 1883. Shortly after his ordination he came to the United States and was received into the diocese of Kansas City, Mo., where he remained from November, 1883, to January, 1884. Came to the diocese of Cleveland in February, 1884, and was appointed resident pastor of Warren with charge of Mantua and a number of stations. From Warren he also attended Niles for several months. He was transferred to Niles, September. 1881, and remained till April. 18SS, when he left the diocese of his own accord and went to Chicago, where he is now engaged in pastoral work.
O'CALLAGHAN, Rev. Cornelius J., was born in Ireland. March 10, 1832 : made his ecclesiastical studies at Cork, Ireland, and Fordham,
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N. Y .; was ordained for the diocese of Portland, October 20, 1860. Bishop Rappe received him in 1869 and sent him as assistant to St. Francis', Toledo, where he remained till 1871, when he was appointed assistant at the Cathedral, Cleveland. There he remained till 1874, when he returned to the diocese of Portland, where he died, July 21, 1895.
O'CONNELL, Rev. Timothy, a native of Michigan, was born June 14, 1868 ; was ordained at Milwaukee for the diocese of Grand Rapids, June 24, 1894. Was stationed at the Cathedral, Cleveland, as tem- porary curate from January to June, 1900. He was then transferred to Rootstown where he remained until the latter part of July, 1900, when he was dismissed from the diocese.
O'CONNOR, Rev. John B., born and educated in Ireland, was ordained at Pittsburg about 1854. Bishop Rappe received him into the diocese of Cleveland and appointed him assistant at the Cathedral, May, 1857, where he remained till June, 1860, when he left the diocese. No other record of him.
O'CONNOR, Rev. William, was born in county Limerick, Ireland, March 30, 1827; made his theological studies at St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, and was ordained by Bishop Rappe, November 21, 1851. He had charge of Berea, Olmsted, Ravenna, Elyria, Grafton, Rock- port, Liverpool and Medina till 1853, attending these places from Cleveland. Between 1853 and 1855 he attended Youngstown, Wells- ville and East Liverpool from Dungannon. From July, 1855, to July, 1858, he was stationed at St. Francis', Toledo, as curate. During this time he also attended Sylvania and several stations. Youngstown was his next appointment, as first resident pastor of St. Columba's, with Briar Hill, Warren, Niles and New Bedford as missions, besides a number of stations-July, 1858, to May, 1861, when he left the diocese of Cleveland and joined the Redemptorists, with whom he remained till his death at Boston, Mass., September 9, 1899. He was a saintly and truly apostolic priest.
O'DWYER, Rev. Patrick, a native of Cashel, Ireland, was ordained at Quebec in 1829. September, 1837, he came to Cleveland, as successor to Rev. John Dillon, where he did pastoral duty till June, 1840, besides · attending a number of missions and stations in Lorain, Summit and Portage counties. He commenced the frame church on the Flats, for which his predecessor had collected about $1,100. He left in 1840 and went to London, Canada: later he was received into the diocese of Chicago. He died at St. Charles, Ill., August 30, 1871.
O'HIGGINS, Rev. William, of Irish birth, was educated at May- nooth ; ordained in British Guinea about 1853. Came to this country in 1857. After serving in various dioceses he came to Cleveland in 1821. and was appointed professor at St. Mary's Semmary, where he remained till his appointment as pastor of St. Augustine's, Cleveland, December, 1871, to June, 1872. After a few months at Charity Hospital as a patient, in 1872, he left the diocese and returned to Ireland, where he died in 1875.
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O'KEEFE, Rev. Daniel, was born near Cork, Ireland, in 1835 ; began his studies in Cork, continued at St. Vincent's College, Westmoreland county, Pa., and finished them in St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, where he was ordained by Bishop Rappe, June 25, 1865. He was appointed first resident pastor of South Thompson, 1865-66, attending Jefferson as a mission. He was then sent to St. John's, Defiance, as assistant, with charge of Antwerp, Mud Creek, Delaware Bend, and several smaller missions. October, 1869, he was appointed pastor of Providence, where he remained till January, 1871, when he was obliged to resign, owing to ill health. He was lying sick in the pastoral residence at Perrysburg for ten weeks, when he was removed to St. Vincent's Hospital, Toledo, where he died June 16, 1871. His remains are buried in St. Francis' Cemetery, Toledo. Father O'Keefe was a zealous, earnest priest, and won the esteem of his parishioners wherever he was engaged in the ministry.
O'LEARY, Rev. D. J. (Dominican), a native of Ireland, made his ecclesiastical studies at the Minerva, Rome; came to the United States in 1821, and was ordained by Bishop Flaget, at St. Rose's, Kentucky, in 1823. He attended Dungannon, Columbiana county, from Somerset, O., in 1835. Died at the Dominican Convent, near Somerset, Perry county, February 8, 1815, aged fifty-one.
O'MARA, Rev. Patrick H. (See biographical sketch, page 343.)
O'MEALY, Rev. Joseph, was born in Ireland, 1815. He was sta- tioned at St. John's, Canton, as curate, for a few months in 1840. Later he was superior of the diocesan seminary, in Brown county, Ohio (at present the Ursuline Convent) ; was also, for a number of years, at Portsmouth and Dayton. He died at Dayton in 1856. His grave is in Calvary Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
O'MEARA, Rev. J. (Dominican), attended St. John's, Canton, from Somerset, O., about 1830, and was stationed there for a short time in 1840. Left Ohio about 1841 and went to Illinois, where he died. No other record of him.
O'NEILL, Rev. Michael, was born in Ireland, June 24, 1830 ; made his ecclesiastical studies at Cork and Castle Knock, Ireland, and in the diocesan seminary of Cleveland. He was ordained by Bishop Rappe, January 1, 1855, and remained at the Cathedral as assistant, with charge of Berea, Hudson and Mantua as missions, till July, 1856. Then he was appointed pastor of Wooster, remaining till July, 1861. While pastor of Wooster he also attended Mansfield. Crestline and Bucyrus as missions, besides several small stations. July. 1861, he was transferred to St. Ann's, Fremont, where he remained till May, 1865, when he left the diocese and went to Cincinnati. There he was appointed pastor of Holy Angels' church. This charge he held till his death, April 24, 1885.
O'REILLY, Rev. James, was born in Rossduff, county Longford, Ireland, February 14, 1841 ; studied for the priesthood at New Orleans. Niagara Falls, and in St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland. He was ordained by Bishop Rappe. June 24, 1866, and made assistant at the
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Cathedral. In October, 1869, he was then appointed pastor of St. Rose's, Lima. In January, 1871, he was recalled to Cleveland to take charge of St. Columbkille's congregation, just then organized. He remained till October, 18:2, when he was given the pastorate of St. Francis de Sales' church, Toledo, where he continued till his death, September 30, 1885.1
O'SULLIVAN, Rev. Michael, was born in Ireland (no record of date or place) ; finished his studies for the ministry at St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, and was ordained by Bishop Rappe, August -- , 1852. His first appointment was at St. Mary's, Tiffin, September, 1852, to Feb- ruary, 1859, where, under great difficulties, he built the present church.2 From Tiffin he attended Findlay till 1859, and Lima from 1852 to 1855. In February, 1859, he was received by Archbishop Purcell, who sent him to Urbana. Five months later he was appointed pastor of Holy Angels' church, Cincinnati. In 1860 he went to the diocese of Chicago, and remained there till his death, as pastor of Amara, Ill., July -, 1865. His remains were interred in Calvary Cemetery, Chicago, July 28, 1865. Father O'Sullivan was a man of sterling qualities, firm but kind in his dealings with those committed to his care. He was also an excellent preacher. The writer will ever treasure most pleasant recol- lections of this warm-hearted priest, whose parochial school he attended, and one of whose altar boys he was for several years. Father O'Sulli- van's greatest delight was to be with the children of his parish. To them, as well as to the adults committed to his care, he was indeed a spiritual father, a wise counselor and true friend.
OBERLE, Rev. Francis Joseph, born in Bavaria, May 7, 1842, was ordained for the Redemptorists, April 1, 1865. In 1874 he became a secular priest. He was in the diocese of Cleveland from February, 1877, till March, 1881, and had charge of Shelby, whence he attended Chicago Junction, Plymouth and Republic. After his dismissal from the diocese he was admitted, some time after, by Bishop Gross, to the Vicariate of North Carolina, where he was on the mission till 1883, when he became an invalid of consumption, of which he died at Ellen- ville, N. Y., March 16, 1885.
OBERMUELLER, Rev. Francis Xavier, a native of Austria, was born at Schwarzenberg, Tyrol, October 6, 1810. He came to this country in July, 1844, and was ordained for the diocese of Milwaukee, June 11. 1846. Shortly after his ordination he expressed a desire to join the Sanguinist Fathers, whose community in Tyrol he had learned to esteem. His wish was granted by his Ordinary. He was therefore received at New Riegel, Ohio, by the Very Rev. Provincial Brunner, under whose direction he did pastoral duty in various places in the diocese of Cleveland, viz .: New Riegel : St. Joseph's. Tiffin : Fostoria and Liberty. Next he was assistant at Thompson, from 1818 to 1850, when he left the Sanguinists and returned to the diocese of Milwaukee, where he had pastoral charges till 1852. He then returned to his native Tyrol, where he was pastor till October. 1856. In the following month
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he returned to America with Very Rev. Father Brunner, having been received again as a member of the Sanguinist society. In September, 1857, he was sent to Cleveland, as pastor of St. Mary of the Assump- tion congregation, then occupying the old frame church on the "Flats." This charge he retained till August, 1861. Meanwhile, Decem- ber, 1860, he again left the Sanguinists and became a secular priest. August, 1861, he was sent by Bishop Rappe to Norwalk as pas- tor of St. Peter's, where he remained till he again left the diocese, October, 1865. From Norwalk he attended Peru, Milan and Monroe- ville. In October, 1865, he returned to the diocese of Milwaukee, hav- ing been reclaimed by Bishop Henni, who sent him to Jefferson, Wis. In 1871, he became affiliated with the diocese of LaCrosse, on invitation of its first bishop, the Rt. Rev. M. Heiss, whose intimate friend he was for many years. As he was of advanced years and delicate health he was unable to do pastoral duty. Bishop Heiss therefore gave him a chaplaincy at La Crosse, where he remained till his death, June 12, 1886. He was always held in high esteem by his superiors, and by his co-laborers on the missions, for his priestly virtues and worth. He was a fine scholar, a saintly and self-sacrificing priest.
ORZECHOWSKI, Rev. M. F., a native of Poland, was born May 30, 1838; was educated for the priesthood in Poland and in France. He was ordained for the diocese of Galveston, Texas, November 1, 1866. In August, 1884, he was received by Bishop Gilmour and appointed pastor of St. Anthony's congregation, Toledo. This position he held till November, 1887, when he left the diocese. He was received again in August, 1891, and appointed temporary pastor of Sacred Heart church, Cleveland, remaining till July, 1893.
OSTERRATHI, Rev. Leo (Jesuit), was born in Magdeburg, Ger- many, May 17, 1817. Studied with the Jesuits and was for them ordained, in England, August 29, 1878. Was in the diocese of Cleve- land as assistant at St. Mary's, Toledo, from September, 1896, to September, 1897. Is now stationed at St. Ann's, Buffalo.
PAGANINI, Rev. Angelo, was born, educated and ordained in Italy. After having been on the mission in New Jersey and Maryland for some years, he was received by Bishop Gilmour in May, 1873, and appointed resident pastor of Warren. There he remained till May, 1875, when, after a visit to his native country, he was sent to Hudson, February, 1876, remaining till May, 1877. Then he left the diocese and returned to Italy. He died there of cholera, near Assisi, August -, 18S4.
PAGANINI, Rev. Joseph, was received into the diocese of Cleveland, in 1875, and appointed pastor of Warren. Remained but a few months. No other record of him.
PAULY, Rev. Lawrence (Franciscan), a native of Germany, was born June 19, 1851; in the United States since November, 1875: was ordained at St. Louis, Mo .. for the Franciscan Order, June 14, 1889. Was stationed at the Franciscan Monastery. Cleveland, as chaplain, etc., from August. 1895, to August, 1899. He is now on the mission in Minnesota.
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PEUDEPRAT, Rev. Peter, was born, educated and ordained in the diocese of Clermont, France. He came to Northern Ohio in 1845, and was sent to Sandusky as assistant at Holy Angels' church; also attended the missions of Fremont and Toussaint. January, 1846, he was sent to Louisville, whence he attended Harrisburg as a mission. He remained at Louisville till April, 1830, when he went to reside at St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, for a few months. In September, 1850, he assumed charge of Painesville, as first resident pastor. He left Painesville and the diocese of Cleveland, in the summer of 1852, to join his life-long friend, Bishop Lamy, in the hard missionary life of New Mexico. On his way thither he fell a victim to cholera, at St. Louis, Mo., where he died, July 20, 1852.
PFEIL, Rev. Aloysius (Jesuit), was born in Cleveland, April 18, 1862; was educated by and for the Jesuits at Buffalo, in Holland and England. He was ordained in England, August 27, 1893. Was sta- tioned at St. Ignatius' College, as professor, from August, 1895, to July, 1899. During part of this time (1895-97) he also attended the City Workhouse, as chaplain. He is now rector of St. Canisius' College, Buffalo.
PHILIPPART, Rev. Michael, a native of Luxemburg, was born March 21, 1854; was educated for the priesthood in Luxemburg and in the diocesan seminary, Cleveland. He was ordained at Cleveland July 3, 1886. Had the following appointments in the diocese of Cleve- land: Sandusky, St. Mary's, as assistant, from August, 1886, to Jan- uary, 1888 ; Medina and missions, to September, 1889 ; Toledo, assistant at St. Peter's, to June, 1890 ; Bowling Green, to January, 1892 ; Delphos, as assistant, to December. 1899; and Harrisburg, to June, 1900, when he was obliged to resign because of ill health. Died of tuberculosis at Pueblo, Col., June 24, 1900.
PILLIOD, Rev. Francis X. (Jesuit), a native of Ohio, was born June 25, 1859 ; was ordained for the Jesuits, at Liverpool. England, August 30, 1890; was stationed at St. Ignatius' College, Cleveland, from August, 1892, to July, 1894. Is now stationed at Buffalo.
PONCHEL, Rev. Narcissus, was born at Hermelinghen, France, September 19, 1825; completed his studies for the priesthood in St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, where he was ordained by Bishop Rappe, January 1, 1851. Till March, 1851, he attended Avon from Cleveland, and was then sent as assistant to St. Francis de Sales', Toledo, remain- ing until 1854. During his stay at Toledo he also had charge of the missions of Six Mile Woods, Providence, Toussaint and Maumee. February, 1854, he was appointed pastor of Doylestown, and attended Canal Fulton as a mission, till January, 1855. Then he accepted a professorship at St. John's College, Cleveland, but remained only until June, 1855. Bishop Rappe sent him to Norwalk, in the following month. to take charge of St. Peter's congregation. In July, 1856, he organized. in the same place, St. Mary's parish, whose first church was commenced and nearly completed under his direction. He was pastor of St. Peter's. and attended St. Mary's as a mission, till his death, September 15, 1860.
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