John Connolly (bishop)
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His Excellency John Connolly, O.P. |
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| Bishop of New York | |
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| Province | Baltimore |
| See | New York |
| Appointed | October 4, 1814 |
| Installed | November 1815 |
| Term ended | February 6, 1825 |
| Predecessor | Richard Luke Concanen, O.P. |
| Successor | John Dubois, S.S. |
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| Ordination | September 24, 1774 |
| Consecration | November 6, 1814 by Cardinal Cesare Brancadoro |
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| Born | 1750 County Meath, Kingdom of Ireland |
| Died | February 6, 1825 New York, New York, United States |
| Buried |
St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, New York, New York, United States |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
John Connolly, O.P. (1750 – February 6, 1825), was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. A Dominican friar, he served as the second Bishop of New York from 1814 until his death in 1825.
John Connolly was born in County Meath, Ireland; according to various sources, he was born in either Slane or Drogheda. Dominican historian Victor O'Daniel reports that Connolly's family had a tenant farm on the Hill of Slane. After receiving his early education in his native country, he continued his studies in Belgium, and entered the Order of Friars Preachers, more commonly known as the Dominican friars, at an early age. He was subsequently sent to Rome, where he was ordained to the priesthood on September 24, 1774. Among the various capacities he filled in Rome, Connolly served as a professor at the Dominican convent of St. Clement, of which institution he later became prior. He was also an agent of the Irish bishops, and saved the English and Irish colleges—as well as his own convent, church, and library—from being plundered by the French invaders.
On October 4, 1814, Connolly was appointed the second Bishop of New York in the United States by Pope Pius VII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following November 6 from Cardinal Cesare Brancadoro, with Archbishops Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri and Giovanni Marchetti serving as co-consecrators, in Rome. However, Connolly did not reach New York until November 24, 1815. He arrived on board the Sally from a transatlantic trip that took all of sixty-seven days, and Connolly had been presumed lost at sea.
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