The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-01-17
Biographical-Right Rev. DR.. Doyle.


| hographical-Right Rev. DR.. Doyle.
Below we give brief outline of the life
| and labors of great and sainted prelate,
whose name 10, cherished as one of the
bright luminaries of the Irish Church, and
who was aIcontemporary with Archbishop
Hughes, both whose majestic inteiiects.
| nnder didsrent circumstances were, bul.
warks Of Catholic unity and progress, and
syssy,;ed, ~ their force and brilliancy, the
o james Warren Doyle was the son Of
james Doyle, respectable farmer, near
the town of New Rosa,o county Wexford,
ana was born in the autumn, of 1885,, At
tue age OF eleven years he witnessed the
| most terrific doings of the fret insurrec-
lion lion Oh II9S, az he lived within view of
vinegar Hill, which, if success had crowned
the efforts Of the Irish in the unequal con-
test, would have become as great an object
OF historical interest as Bunker Hill is at
the present; day.
In his boyhood he felt that he had a vo-
cation for the Church, and received his
asslcal. education in an Augustinian mon
astery, and he pursued his subseu oent
arademicai and classical course in the Uni
versity of Coimbrs, Portugal. He was
dlstin guished even in his youthful days for
intellectual tastes aud for a remarkable
aptitude for study and learning. The even
tenor OF his collegiate life was Interrupted
by the invaaian of Portugal by the French.
he shouldered his musket to repel, in con
junction with Wellington and the allies,
the invaders of the country of his tempo.
rary sojourn. 81 was" says DR.. Doyle, ia
| sort of nondescript with the rank of captain,
and an Interpreter between the English and
Portuguese armies . Iva, present
at the battle of CaIdas, Rolica and Vim
lero' was greatly exposed to the fire of
the enemy, as was obliged to keep going
to and fro with orders and dispatches to the
Portuguese General" He brought up Gem
eral Anstruther's division, then returning
from Sweden, within q comparatively short
distance of Vimiero. They were in time
to take their position in the field, and con-
trlbuted to the success of that great day.
But If young Doyle put on the soldier, he
did not put off the saint. "Before and
during the bloody engagements" he says,
hundred men, 81 was intrenched behind
strong windmill, ball-proof, employed
In giving spiritual assistance to q num-
Der OF soldiers, who, knowing that was
in priests orders, sought my aid"
In 1903 he returned to Ireland, and was
lege, and, short time after, was promoted
to the chair of theology, which onerous and
arduous duties he discharged with exem-
plary zeal: He was chosen bishop in 1919.
at an age but little over thirty years. After
his elevation to the episcopacy his letters
osCL th0 vi ~. L. tJ2mGS OF
Kildare and Leighlin) began to appear,
which, by their style, force and reasoning,
startled the public mind, and impressed
weightily the literary as we'll as the po-
litical circles of the day, and were as
much locked for by tho reading public, as
We're the writings of JANUS in his time.
No political writings have appeared since
Which could compare with DR.. Doyle's in
ability, force of argument or lucid exposi-
tions of his subject. Strength and decisive
ness were the great characteristics of DR..
Doyle's mind. These he manifested even
at an early age-frst, when he was in i'm
minent danger of being Shot near one of
the battleiefds of '9s, and subsequently in
Portugal, when he donned the military coz
tune. They were still more manifest in
the House of Lords and. Commons, where
he stood undauntedly before the leading
men of the United Kingdom, as q witness
on Irish questions, when several able men
were overpowered by the ordeal. He en-
tertained nor moral fear NOR trembling be-
fore leading EDglishmen---on the contrary, |
he was resolute and collected amid host |
of importunate and ipsolent questioners |
who were directly opposed to him.
He differed with O'Connell on very i'm |
Rortant questions, and one in particular. |
that of the Irish poor laws, which Lord !
John Russell, in later years, used with ven
geance for the destruction Of Irish life in |
doleing out unwholesome and insufficient |
food.
The glish Government frequently made
overtures of patronage for his friends,
which he spurDed with indignation-assert-
pg that .tgifts corrupt the heart, abase the
mind and pervert the conscience" "My
lidgdom," he replied, "is not of this world;
have no link to bind me to it," DR..
0oyle's charity was unbounded, and his
elf abDegation proverbial. A Jealous pre-
ate and patriot, he performed much labor
n few years, and died, in what is gener-
lily termed the prime of life, at the age of
oFty-eight years, ON the 18th June, 1887.
PRLNCELY -MUNIFICENCE. - The we'll. {
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