TUIGG, John, R. C. bishop, born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1820. He entered the missionary college of All-Hallows, near Dublin, and, emigrating to the United States, finished his theological course in St. Michael's seminary, Pittsburg. He was ordained priest on 14 May, 1850, and placed as assistant pastor at Pittsburg cathedral, being also appointed secretary to the bishop. In 1853 he organized the congregation of St. Bridget and erected a church. He was transferred the same year to the mission of Altoona, where he founded a school, placing it under the Sisters of Charity, built a pastoral residence, and enlarged the church. He was also in charge of several other missions at the same time, and in 1869 was appointed vicar forane of the eastern part of the diocese. He then erected a new church, which was dedicated in 1875. He was consecrated bishop of Pittsburg, 19 March, 1876, and soon afterward made administrator of the diocese of Alleghany. Bishop Tuigg's constitution gave way under the labors that were entailed by the government of these two dioceses, and in 1882 he had three strokes of paralysis. Although his life was despaired of, he recovered, and resumed his episcopal duties. In 1888 the united dioceses contained 212 priests, 140 members of male religious orders and 726 of female religious orders, 14 ecclesiastical students, 133 churches and 44 chapels, 8 monasteries, 55 convents, 3 colleges, 6 academies for girls, an industrial school and reformatory, 3 orphanages, 2 hospitals, and 70 parochial schools, which were attended by 21,000 pupils.