John Patrick Farrelly
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The Right Reverend John Patrick Farrelly D.D. |
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| Bishop of Cleveland | |
Bishop John Farrelly's Consecration photo
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Cleveland |
| See | Cleveland |
| In office | June 13, 1909—February 12, 1921 |
| Predecessor | Ignatius Frederick Horstmann |
| Successor | Joseph Schrembs |
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| Ordination | May 22, 1880 by Cardinal Raffaele Monaco La Valletta |
| Consecration | May 1, 1909 by Cardinal Girolamo Maria Gotti O.C.D. |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 15, 1856 Memphis, Tennessee |
| Died | February 12, 1921 (aged 64) Knoxville, Tennessee |
John Patrick Farrelly (March 15, 1856 – February 12, 1921) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Cleveland from 1909 until his death in 1921.
John Farrelly was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to John and Martha (née Clay) Farrelly. His father was a member of the Tennessee General Assembly, and his grandfather was one of the authors of the original Arkansas Constitution. He and his parents moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, and later to Kentucky (1868), where young Farrelly attended St. Mary's College. After studying at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., he entered Notre-Dame de la Paix at Namur, Belgium, in 1873 and completed his studies at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, from where he obtained a Doctor of Sacred Theology.
Farrelly was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Raffaele Monaco La Valletta on May 22, 1880. After touring Egypt and the Holy Land, he returned to Tennessee in 1882 and became a curate (and later pastor) at the Cathedral of Nashville. He was named chancellor of the Diocese of Nashville in 1883, and secretary of the American bishops at Rome in September 1887. While in Rome, he also served as spiritual director of the North American College (1893–1909).
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