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GILMOUR, Richard, R. C. bishop,
born in Glasgow, Scotland, 28 September, 1824; died in Cleveland, Ohio, 13 April
1891. He came to Canada with his parents when he was four years old, and
afterward settled in Pennsylvania. He joined the Roman Catholic Church at the
age of twenty, and, having resolved to enter the priesthood, became a student in
Mount St. Mary's seminary. He was ordained priest by Archbishop Purcell in 1852.
His first missionary labors were in
southern Ohio, Portsmouth, Ironton, Gallipolis, and Wilkesville, where he
remained five years and built Churches and schools, He was appointed pastor of
St. Patrick's Church, Cincinnati, in 1857, and erected a school there which he
afterward made the finest building of the kind in the state. He was next made
professor in the seminary of Mount St. Mary's of the West, and was then sent as
pastor to St. Joseph's Church, Dayton, Ohio, where he erected a school.
He was nominated for the see of
Cleveland by the bishops of the province of Cincinnati, 15 February, 1872, and
consecrated bishop on 14 April, by Archbishop Purcell, in the cathedral of
Cincinnati. After his accession to the episcopacy he devoted himself especially
to the interests of Roman Catholic education. He founded the "Catholic
Universe," and, an attempt having been made to tax Roman Catholic Churches and
schools, he was completely successful in resisting it in the courts.
During his administration of the diocese
of Cleveland the number of Roman Catholics has largely increased. In 1884 it
amounted to 174,000. The average number of children attending the 123 parochial
schools is 23,000. There are 184 priests, 217 Churches, 21 chapels, 71 stations,
and a theological seminary containing 44 students. Bishop Gilmour has compiled
"School Recreations," a collection of hymns, a Bible history, and a series of
readers.
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, by John Looby Copyright © 2001
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GILMOUR, Richard, R. C. bishop, born in Glasgow, Scotland, 28 September, 1824. He came to Canada with his parents when he was four years old, and afterward settled in Pennsylvania. He joined the Roman Catholic Church at" the age of twenty, and, having resolved to enter the priesthood, became a student in Mount St. Mary's seminary. He was ordained priest by Archbishop Purcell in 1852. His first missionary labors were in southern Ohio, Portsmouth, Ironton, Gallipolis, and Wilkesville, where he remained five years and built Churches and schools, He was appointed pastor of St. Patrick's Church, Cincinnati, in 1857, and erected a school there which he afterward made the finest building of the kind in the state. He was next made professor in the seminary of Mount St. Mary's of the West, and was then sent as pastor to St. Joseph's Church, Dayton, Ohio, where he erected a school. He was nominated for the see of Cleveland by the bishops of the province of Cincinnati, 15 February, 1872, and consecrated bishop on 14 April, by Archbishop Purcell, in the cathedral of Cincinnati. After his accession to the episcopacy he devoted himself especially to the interests of Roman Catholic education. He founded the "Catholic Universe," and, an attempt having been made to tax Roman Catholic Churches and schools, he was completely successful in resisting it in the courts. During his administration of the diocese of Cleveland the number of Roman Catholics has largely increased. In 1884 it amounted to 174,000. The average number of children attending the 123 parochial schools is 23,000. There are 184 priests, 217 Churches, 21 chapels, 71 stations, and a theological seminary containing 44 students. Bishop Gilmour has compiled "School Recreations," a collection of hymns, a Bible history, and a series of readers.
