REYNOLDS, Ignatius Aloysius, R. C. bishop, born in Nelson County, Kentucky, 22 August, 1798; died in Charleston, South Carolina, 9 March, 1855. His parents emigrated from Maryland and settled on a farm near Bardstown, Kentucky The son entered the diocesan seminary of St. Thomas, but was transferred to the Sulpician seminary of Baltimore in 1819. On the. completion of his theological course he was ordained priest by Archbishop Marechal on 24 October, 1823, and returned to Kentucky, where he was employed till 1827 in teaching and missionary work.

In the latter year he was appointed president of Bardstown College, which he freed from debt. In 1830 he was appointed pastor of the cathedral, Bardstown, and in 1834 he was made pastor of the only Roman Catholic church in Louisville, where he remained till 1840, founding an orphanage and parochial schools. He was sent to Europe in 1840 on business relating to the affairs of the diocese, and returned in 1841.

In 1842 he was appointed vicar-general of the diocese of Louisville. He was nominated successor to Bishop England in the see of Charleston in May, 1843, by the 5th provincial council of Baltimore, and consecrated by Bishop Purcell in the cathedral, Cincinnati, on 19 March, 1844. He proceeded at once to Charleston, and made a visitation of every part of his diocese, which he repeated annually.

The number of Roman Catholics in the three states under his jurisdiction was not large, but the popularity of Dr. England among all classes and creeds had prepared the way for his cordial reception, and he continued the methods of his predecessor. In 1845 he went to Europe to obtain pecuniary aid, and in 1850 laid the foundation of the cathedral of St. Finbar, which was completed and consecrated in 1854.

During the eleven years of his episcopate he took part in all the national and provincial councils of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States, and his learning and eloquence counted for much in shaping the decrees of these bodies. But his labors gradually exhausted his constitution, which was never strong, and after a short visit to his native state in 1854 he returned broken in health. In a letter to the councils of the propagation of the faith in Europe in May, 1855, the bishops of the 6th council of Baltimore said that he had "worn himself out in the service of his church." He edited the "Works" of Bishop John England (5 vols., Baltimore, 1849).

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REYNOLDS, Ignatius Aloysius, R. C. bishop, born in Nelson county, Kentucky, 22 August, 1798; died in Charleston, South Carolina, 9 March, 1855. His parents emigrated from Maryland and settled on a farm near Bardstown, Kentucky The son entered the diocesan seminary of St. Thomas, but was transferred to the Sulpitian seminary of Baltimore in 1819. On the. completion of his theological course he was ordained priest by Archbishop Mardchal on 24 October, 1823, and returned to Kentucky, where he was employed till 1827 in teaching and missionary work. In the latter year he was appointed president of Bardstown college, which he freed from debt. In 1830 he was appointed pastor of the cathedral, Bardstown, and in 1834 he was made pastor of the only Roman Catholic church in Louisville, where he remained till 1840, founding an orphanage and parochial schools. He was sent to Europe in 1840 on business relating to the affairs of the diocese, and returned in 1841. In 1842 he was appointed vicar-general of the diocese of Louisville. He was nominated successor to Bishop England in the see-of Charleston in May, 1843, by the 5th provincial council of Baltimore, and consecrated by Bishop, Purcell in the cathedral, Cincinnati, on 19 March, 1844. He proceeded at once to Charleston, and made a visitation of every part of his diocese, which he repeated annually. The number of Roman Catholics in the three states under his jurisdiction was not large, but the popularity of Dr. England among all classes and creeds had prepared the way for his cordial reception, and he continued the methods of his predecessor. In 1845 he went to Europe to obtain pecuniary aid, and in 1850 laid the foundation of the cathedral of St. Finbar, which was completed and consecrated in 1854. During the eleven years of his episcopate he took part in all the national and provincial councils of the Roman Catholic church in the United States, and his learning and eloquence counted for much in shaping the decrees of these bodies. But his labors gradually exhausted his constitution, which was never strong, and after a short visit to his native state in 1854 he returned broken in health. In a letter to the councils of the propagation of the faith in Europe in May, 1855, the bishops of the 6th council of Baltimore said that he had "worn himself out in the service of his church." He edited the "Works" of Bishop John England (5 vols., Baltimore, 1849).

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