ended death_date consecration other_post nationality article_title birth_date alma_mater death_place image name enthroned consecrated_by predecessor birth_place parents ordained_by successor religion see ordination archbishop_of
january 3 , 1864 3 january 1864 january 7 , 1838 coadjutor titular bishop of basilinopolis -lrb- 1838 -- 1842 -rrb- ; bishop priest of the diocese of philadelphia -lrb- 1826-1838 -rrb- of the diocese of new york and irish john hughes -lrb- archbishop of new york -rrb-
 24 june 1797 mount st. mary 's seminary new york city , united states john joseph hughes.jpg john joseph hughes , december 20 , 1842 john dubois , s.s. john dubois , s.s. annaloghan , county tyrone , kingdom of ireland patrick hughes & margaret mckenna henry conwell john mccloskey roman catholic church new york october 15 , 1826 archbishop of new york
john hughes -lrb- archbishop of new york -rrb-

john joseph hughes -lrb- june 24 , 1797 -- january 3 , 1864 -rrb- was an irish-born prelate of the roman catholic church in the united states .
he was the fourth bishop and first archbishop of the archdiocese of new york , serving between 1842 and his death in 1864 .
a native of ireland , hughes was born and raised in the south of county tyrone .
he emigrated to the united states in 1817 , and became a priest in 1826 and a bishop in 1838 .
a figure of national prominence , he exercised great moral and social influence , and presided over a period of explosive growth for catholicism in new york .
he was regarded as `` the best known , if not exactly the best loved , catholic bishop in the country . ''
he became known as `` dagger john '' , both for his following the catholic practice wherein a bishop precedes his signature with a cross , as well as for his aggressive personality .
