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John Joseph Hughes
Birth: 6-24-1797
Death: 1-3-1864
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Hughes was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He was the fourth Bishop and first Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York, serving between 1842 and his death in 1864. A native of Ireland, Hughes was born and raised in the south of County Tyrone. He emigrated to the United States in 1817, and became a priest in 1826 and a bishop in 1838. A figure of national prominence, he exercised great moral and social influence, and presided over a period of explosive growth for Catholicism in New York. He was regarded as "the best known, if not exactly the best loved, Catholic bishop in the country." He became known as "Dagger John", both for his following the Catholic practice wherein a bishop precedes his signature with a cross, as well as for his aggressive personality
Letter References
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frederick William Seward, January 12, 1852
Letter from William Henry Seward to George MacCullough Grier, August 21, 1848
Letter from Thurlow Weed to George MacCullough Grier, August 22, 1848
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 4, 1842
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 14, 1841
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 14, 1842
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 29, 1841
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, Augustus 19, 1838
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 19, 1837
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Hughes was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He was the fourth Bishop and first Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York, serving between 1842 and his death in 1864.
A native of Ireland, Hughes was born and raised in the south of County Tyrone. He emigrated to the United States in 1817, and became a priest in 1826 and a bishop in 1838. A figure of national prominence, he exercised great moral and social influence, and presided over a period of explosive growth for Catholicism in New York. He was regarded as "the best known, if not exactly the best loved, Catholic bishop in the country." He became known as "Dagger John", both for his following the Catholic practice wherein a bishop precedes his signature with a cross, as well as for his aggressive personality
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