John Shaw (bishop)
John William Shaw (December 12, 1863 – November 2, 1934) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of San Antonio (1911–1918) and Archbishop of New Orleans (1918–1934). Biography. One of six children, Shaw was born in Mobile, Alabama to Patrick and Elizabeth (née Smith) Shaw. He was a pupil at the parochial school of St Vincent de Paul Church and the academy of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart in his native city. He later was sent, with one of his brothers, to St Finian's Seminary at Navan, County Meath, Ireland . He studied at the Urban College of Propaganda and Pontifical North American College in Rome in 1882–1888. On May 26, 1888, he was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Lucido Parocchi at the Basilica of St John Lateran. Upon returning to the Diocese of Mobile, Shaw served as a curate at Immaculate Conception Cathedral until 1889, when he was transferred to St Peter's Church in Montgomery. In 1891, he returned to Immaculate Conception Cathedral as its rector. He served as chancellor of the diocese from 1898 to 1910. On February 7, 1910, Shaw was appointed titular bishop of "Castabala