Lawrence Stephen McMahon
Canadian-born prelate
Lawrence Stephen McMahon (December 26, 1835 – August 21, 1893) was a Canadian-born prelate of the Catholic Church . He served as Bishop of Hartford from 1879 until his death in 1893.
Biography
Lawrence McMahon was born in Saint John, New Brunswick to Owen and Sarah McMahon, and in 1839 came with his parents to the United States , where they settled in Charlestown, Boston , Massachusetts. His younger brother John later became pastor of St. Mary's, Charlestown [ 1] public schools of Boston , he entered the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester at age 15, and remained there until the college was destroyed by fire in 1852.[ 2] rhetoric at the Collège de Montréal , Quebec, and philosophy at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland.[ 3]
Bishop John Bernard Fitzpatrick of Boston had arranged for McMahon to study at the Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide , but given the political unrest in Italy at that time, McMahon changed plans and went to the College of Aix in France where he studied theology for three years. He then went to the French Seminary of Santa Clara in Rome while attending lectures at the Apollinaire ,. He was ordained to the priesthood on March 24, 1860.[ 4]
McMahon was first assigned as a curate at Holy Cross Cathedral in Boston, and served as chaplain to the 28th Massachusetts regiment during the Civil War from 1863 to 1865.[ 2] pastor in Bridgewater and then in New Bedford , where he erected St. Lawrence's Church and a hospital under the care of the Sisters of Mercy .[ 3] vicar general of the Diocese of Providence , Rhode Island, in 1872.[ 3]
On May 16, 1879, McMahon was appointed the fifth Bishop of Hartford , Connecticut, by Pope Leo XIII .[ 4] episcopal consecration on August 10 from Archbishop John Joseph Williams , with Bishops John Loughlin and Patrick Thomas O'Reilly serving as co-consecrators , at Hartford .[ 4] Cathedral of St. Joseph , which he dedicated in May 1892.[ 5] Patrick Keely , and sculptor Joseph Sibbel in the construction of his church in Charlestown.
During his 14-year tenure, he established 48 parishes and 16 parochial schools .[ 6]
McMahon later died at Lakeville ,[ 2]
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Ordinaries Auxiliary bishops Churches
Cathedral
Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hartford Basilica
Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Waterbury Parishes
St. Joseph Church, Ansonia St. Stanislaus Church, Bristol St. Michael the Archangel Church, Derby St. Adalbert Church, Enfield St. Augustine Church, Hartford Holy Trinity Church, Hartford SS. Cyril and Methodius Church, Hartford St. Stanislaus Church, Meriden Holy Cross Church, New Britain Sacred Heart Church, New Britain St. Mary's Church, New Haven St. Joseph's Church, New Haven St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven St. Mary Church, Newington Church of the Immaculate Conception, Norfolk Immaculate Conception Church, Southington St. Joseph Church, Suffield St. Casimir Church, Terryville St. Mary Church, Torrington St. Hedwig Church, Union City St. Patrick - St. Anthony Church, Hartford SS. Peter and Paul Church, Wallingford St. Anne Church, Waterbury Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Waterbury Former parishes
St. Anne/Immaculate Conception Parish, Hartford St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Waterbury Education
Seminaries
St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield High schools
Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall , MilfordCanterbury School , New MilfordEast Catholic High School , ManchesterHoly Cross High School , WaterburyNorthwest Catholic High School , West HartfordNotre Dame High School , West HavenSacred Heart Academy , HamdenSacred Heart High School , WaterburySt. Paul Catholic High School , Bristol Priests
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