Feehan, Patrick A.

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Feehan, Patrick A. 1829-1902, a Roman Catholic archbishop, born in Ireland and educated at Maynooth College, Kildare. Emigrating to America in 1852, he was ordained priest a few months later, served as professor of moral philosophy and sacred history in he Seminary of Carondelet and in 1865 became Bishop of the See of Nashville. This diocese he was very successful in reorganizing. He also founded the Catholic Knights of America. He was the first Archbishop of Chicago, being appointed in 1880, and during his administration he founded several new parishes, besides a College of Christian Brothers and other organizations.

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