1. Patrick Feehan previously served as Bishop of Nashville from 1865 to 1880.
24 Facts About Patrick Feehan
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Patrick Feehan was born on August 28,1829, in Killenaule, County Tipperary, in Ireland, to Patrick and Judith Feehan.
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At age ten, Feehan was sent to live with his paternal grandfather to attend school in Fethard.
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Patrick Feehan returned to Killenaule two years later when a school opened there.
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Patrick Feehan learned to speak French fluently and was a dedicated reader.
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In 1845, at age 16, Patrick Feehan entered Castleknock College in Dublin as an ecclesiastic student, where he befriended the future Irish statesman Charles Russell.
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In January 1847, Feehan started his studies for the priesthood at St Patrick's College in Maynooth, the major seminary in Ireland.
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Patrick Feehan was ordained a priest in St Louis for the Archdiocese of St Louis by Kendrick on November 1,1852.
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Patrick Feehan found a woman who already had that disease to foster the child.
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Patrick Feehan was assigned to serve as chaplain to the Sisters of St Joseph at their convent on the seminary property.
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In 1858, Patrick Feehan was appointed pastor of St Michael's Parish in St Louis.
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Patrick Feehan established a chapter of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul to aid the poor.
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For three straight days, Patrick Feehan moved along the wharf and the stretchers laid in rows on the street, administering last rites to dying soldiers.
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Patrick Feehan was appointed bishop of Nashville by Pope Pius IX on June 7,1865.
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Patrick Feehan was consecrated bishop at the Cathedral of Saint Louis in St Louis, Missouri, by Kendrick on November 12,1865.
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Patrick Feehan rehabilitated St Cecilia's Convent, the home of the Dominican Sisters in Nashville.
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In October 1866, Patrick Feehan traveled to Baltimore, Maryland, to participate in the Second Plenary Council of Baltimore, a meeting of bishops in the American church to discuss rules and policies.
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Patrick Feehan's speech encouraged a group of Catholic men to create the Catholic Knights of America, which would eventually provide affordable life insurance to poor working men across the country.
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On September 10,1880, Patrick Feehan was appointed as the first archbishop of the new Archdiocese of Chicago by Pope Leo XIII.
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Patrick Feehan was greeted by several thousand people when he arrived in the city in November 1880.
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Patrick Feehan preferred to keep a low profile; relatively few speeches and sermons exist from his 22-year tenure.
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Patrick Feehan accommodated these diverse needs by creating national parishes to serve ethnic communities and recruited religious orders from their home countries to staff them.
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In 1881, Patrick Feehan established the St Vincent Orphan Asylum, and in 1883 St Mary's Training School for Boys, a trade school for homeless boys, now known as Maryville Academy.
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Patrick Feehan dedicated St Vincent's Church in 1897 to begin St Vincent's College by 1898, which is today DePaul University.