The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-10-15
HIS CAREER.

HIS CAREER.
IN Cardinal ard IA was born in BroGkyn
in New York City, where he was distin-
guished as an apt scholar until he was fitted
college he showed ali those traits of char
acter that distinguished him in after life.
es eSse snS stSdsns
every obstacle in his course. He was gradu-i
ated in the college course with distinction,
cal course In the same institution. On JAM
uary y, 1884, in his twenty-hfth year. he was
to the in old st. Ks
taken warm interest in the promising
abroad for time. In accordance with this
advice, Father McCloskey went to Rome,
Then he spent year in France Upon his
return to america he became pastor of st,
Joseph's Church. In 1871 Bishop Hughes,
who had just founded st; Johns College,
Fordham, recognizing the fine scholarship of
the young pastor of ST. Joseph s,made Father
McCloskey President of that institution. He
remained at st. Johns a short time and then
November 3, 1913, Father McCloskey was
On the 10th day of March, 1874, just ten years
after his ordination, the young priest again
stood at the altar in st. Patrick's, to be Or
dained to the Episcopate. Three years later
Bishop McCloskey became First Bishop of
Albany on the division of the diocese of New
York. For seventeen years he admin stored
the affairs of the Albany diocese. His ex-
ecutive ability was markedly shown in the
splendid organization of the church through
out the interior of the State. Churches or
Cathedrals were erected in all the towns and
cities, charitable works were organized every
where, and the church as a religious and So
c1al institution made its power felt on all
sides. The building up of the Troy Theologi-
cal Seminary was another labor of love with
| the Bishop. Archbishop Hughes went to Eu-
rope in company with Thurlow Weed on his
patriotic mission for the Government, where
he did service in securing lthe non-interven-
yCr Oft frr.nt Inl,n Of fhn
South. In his absence Bishop McCloskey
administered the affairs Eof the diocese with
tact and wisdom. On the 9th of May, 1854
Just thirty years after. his ordination
to the priesthood, and twenty years
from the time he was ordained
bishop of New York. The history of his ad-
| ministration of the archdiocese was almost
repetition of that as Bishop of Albany.
The same ability for organization was felt in
churches, schools, and charities. To the
| building of the great cathedral in New
York, from its inception to its completion, he
| gave devoted and unwearied attention. To
| private purse, and some of the largest sub
| scriptions came from his personal friends.
| March 15, 1875, eleven years after he was
made Archbishop. thirty-two years from the
| time he was made Bishop, forty-two years
| from the time he was ordained priest, the
cable flashed across the ocean brief mes
sage to John McClOskey, congratulating him
| on his election that day by the Consistory
| held in the Vatican as Cardinal of the
Church of Rome. His Cardinaate was marked
| by few important events He wnS a member
| of the College of Cardinals that elected a
| successor to Plus TX, and the dedication of
| the new st. Patrcks Cathedral also marked
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