predecessor successor death_date consecration birth_place death_place title article_title type see term birth_date image ordination name church
john england patrick neeson lynch 9 march 1855 march 19 , 1844 bardstown , kentucky charleston , south carolina bishop of charleston ignatius a. reynolds
 bishop charleston march , 1855 19 , 1844 & mdash ; march 9 22 august 1798 ignatiusreynolds.jpg october 24 , 1823 right rev. ignatius aloysius reynolds roman catholic church
ignatius a. reynolds

ignatius aloysius reynolds -lrb- august 22 , 1798 -- march 9 , 1855 -rrb- was an american prelate of the roman catholic church .
he served as bishop of charleston from 1844 until his death in 1855 .
reynolds was born in bardstown , kentucky , and enrolled at the theological seminary there at an early age .
in december 1821 he entered st. mary 's seminary in baltimore , maryland , where he was later ordained to the priesthood by archbishop ambrose maréchal , p.s.s. , on october 24 , 1823 .
following his return to kentucky , reynolds served as president of st. joseph 's college until 1830 , when he succeeded francis kenrick as professor of theology at the bardstown seminary .
he later became superior of the sisters of charity of nazareth , pastor of louisville , and vicar general of the diocese .
on november 28 , 1843 , reynolds was appointed the second bishop of charleston , south carolina , by pope gregory xvi .
he received his episcopal consecration on march 19 , 1844 from archbishop john baptist purcell , with bishops michael o'connor , s.j. and richard pius miles , o.p. , serving as co-consecrators , at saint peter in chains cathedral in cincinnati , ohio .
during his tenure reynolds conducted visitations of the entire diocese , which then included both carolinas and georgia .
however , these areas were dominated by episcopalians , baptists , and methodists ; there were only about 12,000 catholics in the diocese in 1846 .
he also published a five-volume work on his popular predecessor john england , erased the $ 14,000 debt the same england had incurred , and dedicated the cathedral of saint john and saint finbar in april 1854 .
reynolds later died at age 56 .
