Putnam patriot., 1908-10-16
 Bishop Tieraey.

!
 stroke of apoplexy, which he suffered
 the Saturday night previous.
 ! . Protestant ministers of tue large ei-
 ties of the State, vied with the clergy
 and newspapers of his own church in
 lauding him for his noble character
 and eminent services in the cause of
 education, religion and in the moral movements that reached out te all class es of people.
 The Courant says: "As he was hon. 1 ored throughout his long life, se was
 Bishop Michael Tierney honored, re-
 verenced and mourned at his funeral
 held on Friday morning in St. Joseph's Cathedral. There were about $50 eish- l ops and priests of the Catholic faith alone al the funeral. There were rep resentatiyes from all the Eastern. and
 adjoining States. They completely
 filled the sanctuary and it was neeessa-
 " to seat many in the church proper. The expression of sorrow was written deep on their countenances, because of the loss of beloved and capable lead CT
 "Tlergy from all the other religious
 denominations in the city were present also To honortthe memory of Bishop Tierney. It was not a question of creed, it was the man. Hartford clergymen have long realized the exceptional qual-
 fly of the work accomplished by the
 late Bishop, and it was because of this
 that they assembled at the funeral, ee-
 cupying seats in body in the front Of
 the church.
 aThe chief executives of the State
 and city were numbered among the
 mourners as we'll as many of the lead
 ing professional men of the city. Bish- op Tierney although always very much occupied with religious activities, was never too busy to undertake charita- bic or educational task, and little did l il matter the extent of the organiza- tion. The larger its scope the greater the zeal he displayed in his work. For l many years he was vice-pesident of 1 the Connecticut Humane Society and
 Rev. Dr. DeLoss Love, president of the society, attended the funeral We can give but condensed biegra- l phical sketch of the noted deceased, i, which occupied columns of the*arge
 city papers.
 The Right Rev Michael Tierney, du- 1 ring his thirteen years at the head Of 1 the Catholic Diocese or Connecticut, built many churches, and was identi- 1 fled with the founding and building Of
 many hospitals, educational institu- tions and other diocesan departments. 1 The great influx of foreigners to the manufacturing centres, presented unu- sual church problems which he was l called upon to solve.
 Bishop Tierney was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, on September 29, l 1859. When he was eight years old his parents moved to Norwich, and after his first school training, he went to St.
 Thomas Academy, Bardstown, Ky. He completed his theological studies at 1t. Joseph's Seminary Troy, N. f., and there was ordained by Bishop Con- | roy, on May g, 1886.
 The young priest was sent to Proyi- dence, where he became rector of the 1 cathedral and chancellor of the diocese. His first transfer was to St. Mary's Church, New London, and later he went to St. Patrick's Church, Norwich; St. Johns Church, Stamford, Then to Hartford, and after six years, to St. Maryis, at New Britain, in 1895. Dur. ing the pastoFate there he became ac- lively identified with the temperance movement.
 On Thursday, January s, 1894, Path CT Tierney was formally informed of his elevation to the episeopate, and he was consecfated in St. Joseph's Cathe- dral, Hartford, February =, 1894, by
 the late Most Rev. John Williams, of Boston.
 During his administration Bishop Tierney founded St. Mary's Home for the Aged ,in West Hartford; St. Thom- ass Seminary, Hartford; St. Patrick's Hospital, Hartford, and was largely in- s.rumental In the founding of St. Ma ry's Hospital Waterbury; St. kaphael's Hospital In New Haven; St. vincent's Hospital, in Bridgeport, and St. Jo- seph's Hospital, in willimantic. He also founded St. Johns Industrial School for Boys at Deep River; ss. Vim cents Day Nursery, In Hartford, and the House of the Good Shepherd. He introduced the Christian Broth- CTS, who have charge of the Catholic High School for Boys, the xavierian Brothers at Deep River, the Little Sis ters of the Poor at New Haven. the Sisters of the Holy Ghost, who have communities in Bridgeport. Waterbury, Hartford and New Haven. and the Sis ters of St. Joseph, whose Mother House Is in Hartford.
 The State convention Of the Christian Endeaxor, at its annual session in
 Bridgeport, passed resolutions of regret
 on the death of Bishop Michael Tier l ney, at meeting last Saturday eNen- ing. The resolutions alluded to the
 splendid work f.r temperance perform
 ed by the deceased Bishop. and his up- lifting work for morality in the State This is perhaps the first instance on re- ! cord in the State of purely Protest