Edward Fitzgerald (bishop)
| The Most Rev. Edward Mary Fitzgerald | |
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| Bishop of Little Rock | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Little Rock |
| In office | February 3, 1867—February 21, 1907 |
| Predecessor | Andrew Byrne |
| Successor | John Baptist Morris |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | August 22, 1857 |
| Consecration | February 3, 1867 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 28, 1833 Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland |
| Died | February 21, 1907 (aged 73) Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States |
Edward Mary Fitzgerald (October 28, 1833—February 21, 1907) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Little Rock from 1867 until his death in 1907.
Edward Fitzgerald was born in Limerick to James and Joanna (née Pratt) Fitzgerald. He was one of eight children one of whom, Joseph, also became a priest. In 1849 he and his parents immigrated to the United States in the aftermath of the Irish potato famine. He attended St. Mary's of the Barrens Seminary at Perryville, Missouri from 1850 to 1852, and then completed his theological studies at Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West in Cincinnati, Ohio and at Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
Fitzgerald was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop John Baptist Purcell on August 22, 1857. His first and only assignment was pastor of St. Patrick's Church in Columbus, Ohio, where he healed a divisive ethnic schism between the Irish and German immigrants. He gained his American citizenship in 1859.
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