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John T. Mullock

The Right Reverend
John Thomas Mullock, O.S.F.
Bishop of St. John's, Newfoundland
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Diocese Diocese of St. John's, Newfoundland
Appointed 29 January 1856
Term ended 26 March 1869
Predecessor Michael Anthony Fleming, O.S.F.
Successor Thomas Joseph Power
Other posts Bishop of Newfoundland (1850-1856); (Coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Newfoundland (1847-1850); Titular bishop of Thaumacus (1830-1850)
Orders
Ordination 10 April 1830
Consecration 27 December 1847
by Giacomo Filippo Fransoni
Personal details
Born 27 September 1807
Limerick, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died 26 March 1869 (1869-03-27) (aged 61)
St. John's, Colony of Newfoundland, British Empire
Buried Basilica of St. John the Baptist, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Nationality  Ireland
Denomination Roman Catholic
Alma mater St. Isidore's College
Styles of
John T. Mullock
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Reference style The Right Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Monsignor
Posthumous style none

John Thomas Mullock (September 27, 1807 – March 26, 1869) was Roman Catholic bishop of St. John's, Newfoundland and did much to establish and develop the church in the region. Born in Limerick, Co. Limerick, Ireland, he died in St. John's and is buried in the crypt of the Basilica of St. John the Baptist.

Born in Limerick in 1807, Mullock was admitted as a Friar Minor in 1825, and then sent to be educated at St. Bonaventure's College in Seville. He went on to complete his seminary studies at St. Isidore's College in Rome, where, in 1829, he was ordained a Catholic priest. After long service in Ireland — at Ennis, Cork, and Dublin — he was appointed in 1847, coadjutor bishop with right of succession to his fellow friar, Michael Anthony Fleming, O.S.F., Catholic Bishop of St. John's, Newfoundland, for which office he was consecrated by Cardinal Fransoni on 27 December 1847, at St. Isidore's.

In July, 1850, Mullock succeeded Fleming. The Catholic Church made great progress in Newfoundland during his episcopate of Mullock, a new diocese, Harbour Grace, being erected. The splendid cathedral of St. John's, begun in 1841, was consecrated on 9 September 1855. He also opened in 1857 St Bonaventure's, a school for middle-class boys, a new episcopal palace and library, eleven convents, and numerous churches.


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