The times., 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
bons to Omciatc-Tbe Late Priests
Long Service in the Church.

The solemn tolling of the bell at st.
Patrcks 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 ehurchmen, Sisters
of the Holy Cross and sorrowing par
| ishoners. Death came as the culmina-
ton of four years of poor health and
week of acute illness, and was the re-
suit of a complication of Affections.
The funeral will take place Saturday
morning at 1880 o'clock from st. Pat
rick's. and viii be attended by Cardinal
Gibbons and number of others proml-
nent in the Catholic Church. st. Pat
| rick's Church will. for a period of thirty
days. be draped in mourning.
At the bedside when Father Gloyd
passed away were DR.. Stafford and Faith
er Dolan, the assistant pastors of st.
Patricks; 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
Baltimore: Father Dugan, of Plus Mem
orial Church, Baltimore. and Father
Clements, of St. Stephens, Baltimore,
the latter being Father Gioyd's 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 rected 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
Seminary. Baltimore. The Rev. William
Clements. pastor of St. stephens Church,
| of Bradford, Md. a nephew of Father
! Gloyd, will act as deacon. The Rev.
! Father Yingling. of the Catholic Univer-
sity, who was sent to college by Father
| Gloyd when the latter was pastor of
| church at Westminster. Md, will be sub
deacon, and the Rev. George Dougherty
| Will OfTcate as master Of ceremonies.
Cardinal Gibbons viii preside at the ser
Sices and Monsignor MartinelH, Papal
Delegate to the United States, viii attend
The sermon will be preached by the Rt
! Rev Bishop \. A Curtiss, of Baltimore,
| Vicar General OF the diocese The inter
ment viii he at Mount Olivet, where the
remains will be laid beside the grave of
| Father J. a. Walter. Father Gloyds pred
| ecessor as pastor Of St Patrick's. The
honorary pallbearers will be selected from
| the priests of the diocese. A number of
gentlemen of St Patrick's Church will
act as body bearers.
| joint meeting of the male members
of the congregation and the members of
| the St Vincent de Paul Society will be
held at 7:30 o'clock tonight at Carroll
| Hail. with a view to completing the
minor details of the funeral
| kilograms announcing the death Cf
Father Gloyd were sent To the following
| churchmen Archbishop Ireland. of St
| Paul; Bishop Byrne. OF Nashville
| Tenn: Bishop Kei1e, of Savannah. Ga.
Archbishop Keane, of Dubuque, and Bish-
| op Donahoe.
Father Gloyd had for seven years been
| the pastor of St. Patricks, where re
came from ST. Stephens Church, of this
| city, after the death Of Father ]. a.
Walter. He took charge Of the parish
together with Father McGee and the Rev
DR. d. ]. 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 a Miss Rebecca
| T. Swalmy. 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 Eilicott 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
| Seminary in Baltimore and was ordained
June p, 1858.
Father Gloyds first mission was at St
Ignatius Church at Hickory. Hartford
County, Md. lie remained there for
year and was then appointed pastor of
ST. Iatrick's Church. at Hancock, Md.
While there he built St. Patrick's Church
at Little Orleans. This was the second
church Of that name with which Father
| GIoyd had been closely identified, and St
| Patrick's parish, in this city, made the
third of the name of which he had charge
| in his lifetime.
transferred to st. Josephs at Tawney
town Md. He remained with this charge
Until 1866, in the mean time visiting West
minister, Md. There lie built St. Johns
Church, a schoolhouse, and a rectoTy.
On the completion Of the work he was ap-
pointed pastor of st. Johns. He remain
ed in Westminster until ISS9.
Father McNally 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 Gloyds eX-
ceilent work in Maryland recomu. ended
him for appointment as pastor of St.
Stephens in 1899.
His work afterward justified eYpccta-
tions. St. Stephens prospered greatly un-
der his administration and was firmly
established when he was called to take
charge Of st. Patrick's upon the death Of
Father Walter. There his tireless energy
and marked executive ability once more
worked great good. st. Patrici1's Church
was not yet completed. The beautiful in
terror decorations which now make the
edice one OF the most handsome Of the
National Capital We're all executed under
| Father Gloyd's direction. The various
| auxiliary institutions Of the church were
also materially aided. chief among these
was st. Nincents 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
States Custom House, Baltimore. Miss
Adelaide Gloyd, and Mrs. Fuchs both OF
Gaithersburg.