John Ambrose Watterson
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Right Reverend John Ambrose Watterson |
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| Bishop of Columbus | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Columbus |
| In office | August 8, 1880—April 17, 1899 |
| Predecessor | Sylvester Horton Rosecrans |
| Successor | Henry K. Moeller |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | August 9, 1868 |
| Consecration | August 8, 1880 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 27, 1844 Blairsville, Pennsylvania |
| Died | April 17, 1899 (aged 54) Columbus, Ohio |
John Ambrose Watterson (May 27, 1844 – April 17, 1899) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Columbus from 1880 until his death in 1899.
The sixth of eleven children, John Watterson was born in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, to John Sylvester and Sarah Salome (née McAfee) Watterson. His father's family came to the United States from the Isle of Mann in 1762; originally Episcopalians, his grandfather was orphaned in 1781 and subsequently raised by a Catholic family in York County, Pennsylvania. His mother's family was from County Armagh, Ireland, and settled in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. John's parents frequently offered their home as a place of rest to traveling missionaries, and their house even became known as "The Priest's Hotel."
After attending the parochial school of Sts. Simon and Jude Church in Blairsville, Watterson was sent to St. Vincent's College in Latrobe at a young age. In 1861 he entered Mount St. Mary's Seminary at Emmitsburg, Maryland, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with high honors. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Michael Domenec, C.M., on August 9, 1868, at St. Vincent's Abbey. Watterson then served as professor of moral theology and Scripture at Mount St. Mary's, where he became vice president in 1877 and later president in 1879. He earned a Doctor of Divinity degree from Georgetown College at Washington, D.C. in June 1879.
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