Eugene A. Garvey
Eugene Augustine Garvey (October 5, 1845 – October 22, 1920) was an Irish American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the first Bishop of Altoona, Pennsylvania (1901-1920).
Biography
One of five children, Garvey was born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, to Michael and Catherine (née Boylan) Garvey, who were Irish immigrants.[1] He was raised in nearby Dunmore, where he received his early education.[2] After graduating from Scranton High School, he studied at St. Charles College in Ellicott City, Maryland and at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Overbrook, Pennsylvania.[3]
He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop William O'Hara on September 22, 1869.[4] He then served as a curate in Hawley before being transferred to Athens in 1871.[1] He was pastor of Annunciation Church in Williamsport from 1871 until 1899, when he became vicar general of the Diocese of Scranton and rector of St. John's Church in Pittston.[2] He was named a monsignor in 1900.[2]
On May 31, 1901, Garvey was appointed the first Bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Altoona by Pope Leo XIII.[4] He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 8 from Archbishop Sebastiano Martinelli, O.S.A., with Bishop Michael John Hoban and John Edmund Fitzmaurice serving as co-consecrators, at St. Peter's Cathedral.[4] He served as Bishop for 19 years, until his death at age 75.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leonard, John William (1905). "GARVEY, Eugene A.". Who's Who in America, 1903-1905 (Chicago).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Thorne, William Henry (1901). The Globe (New York) XI. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ O'Donnell, John Hugh (1922). "The Catholic Hierarchy of the United States, 1790-1922". The Catholic University of America Studies in American Church History (Washington, D.C.) IV.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Bishop Eugene Augustine Garvey". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
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