The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-28
DEATH OF FATHER GLOYD
The Venerable Pastor of ST. Pat
rick's Church Passes Away.

| The Funeral Services to Be Held on
Saturday Morning - Cardinal Glib
| bops to Omcintc-Tbe Late Priests
| Long Service In the Church.
The solemn tolling of the bell at st.
Patricks Church yesterday afternoon
announced that Father John Gloyd, the
| venerable head of the parish, was dead
At 2:35 o'clock he passed away, sur
rounded by brother churchmen, Sisters
| of the Holy Cross and sorrowing par
| ishoners. Death came as the culmina-
| ton of four years of poor health ana
week of acute illness, and was the re-
suit of a complication OF Affections
The funeral will take place Saturday
morning at 1850 o'clock from st. Pat
rick's, and will be attended by Cardinal
| Gibbons and a number of others promi-
nent in the Catholic Church. st. Pat
rick's Church will. for period of thirty
days, be draped in mourning.
At the bedside when Father Gloyd
passed away were DIR. Stafford and Faith
er Doian, the assistant pastors of st.
! Patrick's; Father McGee, formerly as
sistant pastor. and now in charge of the
parish of the Sacred Heart. Mount Pleas
| ant; Father De Wolf, of St. Bernard's s
Baltimore: Father Dugan, of Plus Mem
! orial Church, Baltimore. and Father
! Clements, of st. Stephens, Baltimore,
the latter being Father GIoyds nephew.
Father Stafford said the prayers for the
/ departed.
Immediately after Father Gloyd's death
DR.. Stafford left for Baltimore. where
he officially informed Cardinal Gibbons
of the demise of the pastor of st. Pat
rick's. Cardinal Gibbons, who was an
old friend of Father Gloyd. personally
outlined the details of the funeral
The services will begin Saturday morn
| ing at 10:30 o'clock. The office for the
dead will be recited one hour earlier by
the priests of the diocese. The celebrant
of the mass will be the Very Rev. A.
Magnien, S. s.. President of St. Mary's
Seminary, Baltimore. The Rev. William
Clements. pastor of st. Stephens Church,
of Bradford. Md. a nephew of Father
Gloyd, will act as deacon. 'rhe Rev.
Father Yingiing. of the Catholic Uniyer-
sity, who was sent to college by Father
Gloyd when the latter was pastor of a
church at Westminster. Md. will he sub
deacon, and the Rev. George Dougherty
will CfIiciatc as master of ceremonies.
| Cardinal Gibbons will preside at the ser
Eices and Monsignor MartinelIi, Papal
Delegate to the United States, will attend.
The sermon will be preached by the Rt.
! Rev. Bishop \. A. Curtiss, of Baltimore,
| Vicar General of the diocese. The inter-
| ment will he at Mount OIivet, where the
remains will be laid beside the grave of
| Father ]. A. Walter. Father Gloyds pred
| ecessor as pastor of St. Patricks. 1he
| honorary pallbearers will be selected from
the priests of the diocese. \ number of
gentlemen of st. Patrick's Church Will
| act as body bearers.
A joint meeting of the male members
of the congregation and the members of
| the St Vincent de Paul Society will be
held at 7.a0 o'clock tonight at Carroll
Hall. with a view to completing the
minor details of the funeral.
kilograms announcing the death of
Father Gioyd were sent to the following
churchmen Archbishop ireland. of St.
| Paul; Bishop Byrne, OF Nashville,
| Tenn; Bishop Keile, Of Savannah. Ga;
Archbishop Keane, of Dubuque, and Bsh-
| op Donahoe.
Father Gloyd had for seven years been
| the pastor of St Patrick's. where he
came from st. Stephens Church, of this
| city, after the death of Father ]. \.
Waiter. He took charge OF the parish
together with Father McGee and the Rev
DIR. d. J. Stafford. The former was trans
ferred 10 the church at Mount Pleasant.
and Father Dolan Joined the corps at St.
Patricks. Dr. Stafford is now in charge
of the parish.
John Gloyd was born in October. 1892, at
Gaithersburg. Montgomery County Md
and was the son of Samuel Gloyd, who
was sheriff of the county for several
years. His mother was Miss Rebecca
Z. Swalmly. member OF an old Mary
| land family
In 1879 John Gloyd was a member OF the
first class that entered st. Charles Col
lege at Eilieott City, Nd Many of his
fellow students have since achieved great
distinction in the ecclesiastical world
After his graduation from st. Charles
he completed his studies at st. Mary's
Seminary in Baltimore, and was ordained
June %, 1858.
Father Gloyd's first mission was at St
Ignatius Church at Hickory, Hartford
County. Md. He remained there for
year and was then appointed pastor of
ST. patrich's Church, at Hancock. Nd.
While there. he built st. Patrick Church
at Little Orleans. This was the second
church OF that name with which Father
Gloyd had been closely identified, and St.
Patrick parish, in this city. made the
third of the name Of which he had charge
In his lifetime.
town. Md. He remained with this charge
Cntil 1866, in the mean time visiting West
minister, Md. There he built St. Johns
Church. a schoolhouse, and a rectory.
On the completion of the work he was APP
pointed pastor of st. Johns. He remain
ed in Westminster until 1883.
Father McNaily of st. Stephens in this
city, having died, Cardinal Gibbons felt
the need of priest of considerable exec
utive ability to bring the parish up to
it's former standing. Father Gloyd's ex-
ceilenty work in Maryland reccmu.e nded
him for appointment as pastor of st.
Stephens in 1888.
His work afterward justified expccta-
tions. st. Stephens prospered greatly un-
der his administration and was firmly
established when he was called to take
Father Walter. There his tireless energy
and marked executive ability once more
worked great good st. Patrick's Church
was not yet completed. The beautiful in
terror decorations which now make the
edIfice one of the most handsome OF the
National Capital Were all executed under
Father Gloyd's direction The various
auxiliary institutions of the church were
also materially aided. Chief among these
was st. Vincents Orphan Asylum.
Through Father Gloyd's efforts the
splendid home which now houses the or
phans near the Catholic University was
erected.
Father Gloyd Is survived by three
brothers and two sisters. They are Alex
ander Gloyd and Thomas Gloyd of Gath
ersburg. Samuel Gloyd, Of the United
Adelaide Gloyd, and Mrs. Fuchs, both of
Gaithersburg.