The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-16
The Cardinals Career.

Cardinal McCloskey was born in Brooklyn,
March 10, 1910. His father and mother were
natives of the county of Derry, Ireland, and
emlgrated to this country only a few years
prior to his birth. His father was a hard
working man, who, dying when John McClos-
key was ten years of age, left his family
competency.
There were only two Catholic churches in
New y DIRK in those days-the old brick church
of st. Peter Barclay street, where the cardinal
was baptized, and st. Patick's cathedral in
Mulberry street.-the new church ont of
town'-in which he was ordained n priest
and years afterward invested with car
dinals berretta. At an early age he was sent
to school and was generally the leader of his
Gloss
His delicate health induced his mother to
send him to Mt. St Mary's College, En-
mittsburg, Maryland. where it was hoped
his body as well as his mind might be I'M
proved He entered the college when not yet
twelve years old, and went through the full
curriculum of studies, lasting for seven
years. His devotion to his studies won for
him the admiration of his teachers and fell
lows, and he was graduated with the highest
honors in 1S2S Mrs. McCloskey had removed
TO Westchester county and her son went to
her until he should decide on a career. The
ministry was chosen and the next year he re-
turned to st Marys, where he pursued
four years course in the seminary.
On January II, 1884, he was ordained to
the priesthood by Bishop Dubois in st.
Patrick's cathedral New York The bishop
Nyack Of which young McClCskey was to be
the president While the building was yet
i'll an unfinished state it was destroyed by
fire, and until it could be rebuilt the Young
priest was given permission to go abroad to
perfect his theological studies. For two
years, beginning in 1888, he attended
lectures in the Gregoran university
in Rome. In addition to an intimate
knowledge of the ecclesiastical world he
became acquainted with many brilliant stu
dents of all natonaites who have since be-
come distinguished in their own countries. A
third year was given up to tlSvel and study
in other countries on the Continent and he
returned to New York in 1888 to begin work
as "A teacher, but the project of establlshinga
college had been abandoned and Father
McCloskey became pastor of ST. Joseph's
church, On Sixth avenue.
In 1872, on the establishment of the Do
cesar seminary in connection with the college
in Fordham, he was appointed rector.
year later he was appointed coadjutor to
his old college friend, Bishop Hughes. On
March 10, 1914, his thirty fourth birthday,
he was consecrated titular Bishop of AK
Teri in st. Patrick's He continued the
pastorship of st. Joseph's until three years
later. Then it became necessary to di-
vide the diocese of New York, and those of
Buffalo and Albany were created. Bishop
McCloskey was translated to be bishop Of
Albany on Nav Fl, 1877. There he lah6red
for seventeen Years, until. on the death of
Archbishop Hughes, he was transferred from
Albany to New York and became the lat
ter's successor on Nav 4. 1864.
With two undertakings his name will ever
he linked. for it was mainly through his eff
forts that they were brought TO n Successful
end-the Fifth avenue cathedral and the
Catholic protectorv, in Westminster. The
latter. which had It's beginning in a humble
way. has grown to great proportions under
his fostering care. Work on the cathedral,
which was suspended during the war. was
resumed in 1863 Cardinal McCloskey gave
TO this work great attention. and two visits
were made to Europe, one in 1874 and the
other a year later, to examine the finer por-
tons of the work that were executed there.
such as the altars. statuarv. stained class and