1. Henry Gabriels was a Belgian-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg in Northern New York from 1892 until his death in 1921.
18 Facts About Henry Gabriels
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Henry Gabriels was born on October 6,1838, at Wannegem-Lede, East Flanders in Belgium.
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Henry Gabriels studied classics at St Mary's College in Oudenaarde and philosophy at the St Joseph Minor Seminary in Ghent.
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In late 1860, Gabriels entered the University of Leuven in Leuven.
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Henry Gabriels was ordained to the priesthood on September 21,1861.
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Henry Gabriels received a Bachelor of Theology degree in 1862 and a Licentiate in Theology in 1864.
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Henry Gabriels asked Bishop Louis-Joseph Delebecque of Ghent to suggest some priests who might want to work at the new St Joseph's Seminary in Troy, New York.
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Henry Gabriels served as professor of dogma for seven years at St Joseph's.
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Henry Gabriels was able to visit his family in Belgium in 1867.
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In 1868, Henry Gabriels learned about a small community of German and Irish Catholics near Sand Lake, New York, who did not have a church or a priest.
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Since Henry Gabriels spoke some German, he started spending time there, celebrating mass in a private residence and organizing a new parish.
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On December 20,1891, Henry Gabriels was appointed as the second bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg by Pope Leo XIII.
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Henry Gabriels received his episcopal consecration on May 5,1892, from Archbishop Michael Corrigan, with Bishops Francis McNeirny and Patrick Anthony Ludden serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany, New York.
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Henry Gabriels was installed at St Mary's Cathedral in Ogdensburg by Bishop Bernard McQuaid on May 11,1892.
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Henry Gabriels wrote the "Diocese of Ogdensburg" article for the Catholic Encyclopedia.
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Henry Gabriels was an officer of the Order of Leopold.
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Henry Gabriels's nephew Henry E Gabriels, born in Belgium, graduated as a civil engineer from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1910.
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Henry Gabriels died on 6 March 1943 in Glens Falls, New York.