James Duggan was an Irish-born American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Chicago from 1859 until his resignation in 1880.
17 Facts About James Duggan
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James Duggan was born on May 22,1825, in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland, a clothier's son.
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James Duggan was ordained a priest for the Diocese of St Louis by Kenrick in St Louis on May 29,1847.
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James Duggan was named as the temporary administrator of the diocese, serving until the installation of Anthony O'Regan in late 1854 as the new bishop.
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James Duggan was appointed as coadjutor archbishop of St Louis and titular bishop of Gabala by Pope Pius IX on January 9,1857, to assist Kenrick.
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When James Duggan became administrator, the city was still recovering financially from the Panic of 1857.
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On June 2,1861, James Duggan visited Douglas on his deathbed in Chicago.
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In 1863, James Duggan laid the foundation for a new building at the University of St Mary of the Lake.
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James Duggan warned that any Catholics participating in the Brotherhood would be denied the sacraments.
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In October 1866, James Duggan traveled to Baltimore to attend the Second Plenary Council of Baltimore.
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James Duggan had held a reputation in Chicago for intelligence, affability, and eloquence.
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James Duggan dismissed four priests that had been his close advisors, alarming others in the Chicago hierarchy.
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James Duggan invited the Sisters of Charity to open St Joseph's Hospital in Chicago that same year; he provided them with furniture and beds from the closed seminary.
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In September 1880, James Duggan was sufficiently rational to sign a letter of resignation as bishop of Chicago, allowing the pope to appoint a new one.
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James Duggan died at the sanatorium in St Louis on March 27,1899.
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James Duggan was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Evanston, Illinois.
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On March 29,2001, the archdiocese moved James Duggan's remains to the Bishop's Mausoleum at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois.