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McFARLAND, Francis Patrick, R. C. bishop, born in
Franklin, Pennsylvania, 16 April. 1819; died in Hartford, Connecticut, 12
October, 1874. He was educated for the priesthood at Mount St. Mary's College,
ordained in New York City on 18 May, 1845, and after acting for a year as
professor at St. John's college, Fordham, and for several months as assistant
priest in New York city, was appointed to the mission of Watertown, New York,
and in 1851 made pastor of St. John's church, Utica.
On 14 March, 1858, he was consecrated bishop of the see
of Hartford, and, like the two first bishops, made Providence his residence. In
1872, when the Roman Catholic population of the diocese had grown to more than
200,000, the new see of Providence was erected, and Bishop McFarland removed to
Hartford and there engaged in the erection of a cathedral, with an episcopal
palace and a convent, continuing the work until his health failed.
Bishop McFarland earned a reputation as a second St.
Francis de Sales for his gentle scholarliness.
McFARLAND, Francis Patrick, R. C. bishop, born in Franklin, Pennsylvania, 16 April. 1819; died in Hartford, Connecticut, 12 October, 1874. He was educated for the priesthood at Mount St. Mary's college, ordained in New York city on 18 May, 1845, and after acting for a year as professor at St. John's college, Fordham, and for several months as assistant priest in New York city, was appointed to the mission of Watertown, New York, and in 1851 made pastor of St. John's church, Utica. On 14 March, 1858, he was consecrated bishop of the see of Hartford, and, like the two first bishops, made Providence his residence. In 1872, when the Roman Catholic population of the diocese had grown to more than 200,000, the new see of Providence was erected, and Bishop McFarland removed to Hartford and there engaged in the erection of a cathedral, with an episcopal palace and a convent, continuing the work until his health failed.
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