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Revision as of 03:03, 4 June 2022
The Most Reverend Denis Mary Bradley | |
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| Bishop of Manchester | |
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| See | Diocese of Manchester |
| Successor | John Bernard Delany |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 3, 1871 by Bernard John McQuaid |
| Consecration | June 11, 1884 by John Joseph Williams |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 25, 1846 Castleisland, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Died | December 13, 1903 (aged 57) Manchester, New Hampshire, USA |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Education | Holy Cross College St. Joseph's Seminary |
Denis Mary Bradley (February 25, 1846 – December 13, 1903) was an Irish-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Manchester in New Hampshire from 1884 until his death in 1903. Bradley was a co-founder of Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire.
Biography
Early life
Denis Bradley was born on February 25, 1846, in Castleisland, County Kerry in Ireland. When Bradley was eight years old, his father died. His mother immigrated with the family to the United States, settling in Manchester, New Hampshire. Bradley attended Park Street Grammar School in Manchester. In 1863, he entered Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts. According to a contemporary account, Bradley was an introspective and serious student. He graduated from Holy Cross in June 1867. In September 1867, Bradley enrolled at St. Joseph's Seminary in Troy, New York.[1][2]
Priesthood
Bradley was ordained a priest in Troy by Bishop Bernard McQuaid for the Diocese of Portland in Maine on June 3, 1871.[3] After his ordination, Bradley was given a pastoral assignment to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland, Maine. He was eventually appointed as rector of the cathedral and chancellor of the diocese. In June 1880, Bradley was appointed pastor of St. Joseph's Parish in Manchester.[1]
Bishop of Manchester
On April 18, 1884, Pope Leo XIII appointed Bradley as the first bishop of the new Diocese of Manchester. He was consecrated on June 11, 1884, by Archbishop John Joseph Williams at St. Joseph's Church in Manchester.[3]
He was the first alumnus of St. Joseph's Seminary of Troy, New York, to be raised to the episcopacy. In the rural parts of New Hampshire there were many scattered Catholics, and his first efforts were directed towards providing for them. He held the first synod of the diocese 24 October 1886. [citation needed]
He is credited with co-founding Saint Anselm College with Abbot Hilary Pfrängle (OSB) in 1889 as Bradley had persistently requested the Benedictine monks of Saint Mary's Abbey in Newark, New Jersey to establish a Roman Catholic college in the Diocese of Manchester. A faculty office building on the campus he helped found is named in his honor as Bradley House.
Death and legacy
Denis Bradley died in Manchester of chronic gastritis on December 13, 1903 at age 57.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b Willey, George Franklyn (1903). State Builders: An Illustrated Historical and Biographical Record of the State of New Hampshire at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century. New Hampshire Publishing Corporation.
- ^ Byrne, William (1899). Introductory [by] William Byrne. Archdiocese of Boston [by] W. A. Leahy. Diocese of Providence [by] Austin Dowling. Diocese of Portland [by] E. J. A. Young. Diocese of Manchester [by] J. E. Finen. Hurd & Everts Company.
- ^ a b c "Bishop Denis Mary Bradley [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ The Holy Cross Purple. College of the Holy Cross. 1903.
Other Sources
- Catholic News files (New York, December, 1903) at Catholic Directory (Milwaukee, WI: 1904)
- Reuss, Biog. Encyl. Of the Cath. Hierarchy (Milwaukee, WI: 1898)
- Gabriels, History of St. Joseph's Seminary, Troy (New York: 1906)
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