death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name
maryland , usa september 23 , 1918 st. thomas , virgin islands , usa march 22 , 1857 charles warren currier
 bishop charles warren currier
charles warren currier

bishop charles warren currier -lrb- march 22 , 1857 in st. thomas , virgin islands , usa - september 23 , 1918 in maryland , usa -rrb- was the first bishop of the roman catholic diocese of matanzas -lrb- 1913 -- 1914 -rrb- .
his parents were warren green currier -lrb- born in new york -rrb- and deborah heyliger of the netherlands .
he studied at the college of our lady of the assumption , roermond , limburg , the netherlands , and at saint alphonsus seminary in wittem , limburg .
he joined the missionary order the congregation of the most holy redeemer -lrb- redemptorists -rrb- in 1875 and was ordained a priest on november 24 , 1880 in amsterdam by bishop henry schaap -lrb- vicar apostolic of surinam -rrb- .
in january 1881 , he arrived in surinam for his first missionary assignment where he remained until 1882 .
in november 1891 he was allowed to leave the redemptorists and then worked in the archdiocese of baltimore .
on june 25 , 1910 he was appointed bishop of zamboanga , philippines , by pope pius x , but he declined .
because he had published articles on cuban history , he was appointed on april 26 , 1913 , as the first bishop of matanzas .
in rome , on july 6 , 1913 , he was consecrated by cardinal diomede angelo raffaele gennaro falconio , o.f.m. , and assisted by domenico serafini , titular archbishop of seleucia pieria , and donato sbarretti , titular archbishop of efeso , bishop emeritus of havana .
he arrived in matanzas on november 3 , 1913 , and took position of the archdiocese the following day .
he repaired and redecorated the cathedral of san carlos borromeo that was in poor condition .
due to his poor health he resigned his position as bishop of the archdiocese of matanzas on february 11 , 1914 , and was appointed titular bishop of hetalonia on june 15 , 1915 .
bishop currier knew greek and hebrew and was fluent in latin , english , dutch , spanish , french , german , and italian .
bishop currier died on september 23 , 1918 , on a train traveling from waldorf , maryland , to baltimore to assist in the funeral of cardinal john murphy farley , archbishop of the archdiocese of new york .
his funeral took place in the cathedral of baltimore , where he is also buried .
