Francis Patrick McFarland
| Francis Patrick McFarland | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Hartford | |
| In office | 1858-1875 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 18 May 1845 by Archbishop Hughes |
| Consecration | 14 March 1858 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 16, 1819 Franklin, Pennsylvania |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Hartford, Connecticut |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | John McFarland and Mary McKeever |
| Education | Mount St. Mary's College |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Francis Patrick McFarland (Franklin, Pennsylvania, 16 April 1819 – Hartford, Connecticut, 2 October 1874) was an American Catholic bishop who served as the third Bishop of Hartford.
Biography
His parents, John McFarland and Mary McKeever, emigrated from Armagh. He was employed as teacher in the village school, but soon entered Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland, where he graduated with high honours and was retained as teacher.
The following year, 1845, he was ordained, 18 May, at New York by Archbishop Hughes, who immediately detailed the young priest to a professor's chair at St. John's College, Fordham. Father McFarland from his college made frequent missionary journeys among scattered Catholics.
After a year at Fordham he was appointed pastor of Watertown, New York. In March 1851, he was transferred by his new ordinary, Bishop John McCloskey of Albany, to St. John's Church, Utica. He was appointed Vicar-Apostolic of Florida, 9 March 1857. He declined this, only to be elected Bishop of Hartford. He was consecrated at Providence, Rhode Island 14 March 1858, and resided in that city until the division of his diocese in 1872 which created a separate Diocese of Providence.
Failing health prompted him, while attending the First Vatican Council, to resign his see. His colleagues of the American episcopate would not hear of such a step. By dividing the diocese it was hoped that his burden would be sufficiently lightened. He left Providence for Hartford 28 February 1872. After reorganizing his diocese he immediately set about the erection of a cathedral. He died aged 55.
See also
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Hartford 1858–1875 |
Succeeded by Thomas Galberry |
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- 1819 births
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- People from Franklin, Pennsylvania
- American Roman Catholic bishops
- Mount St. Mary's University alumni
- Fordham University faculty
- Roman Catholic bishops of Hartford
