John Thomas Mullock
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The Right Reverend John Thomas Mullock, O.S.F. |
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| 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) |
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| Ordination | 10 April 1830 |
| Consecration | 27 December 1847 by Giacomo Filippo Fransoni |
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| Born | 27 September 1807 Limerick, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Died |
26 March 1869 (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
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Alma mater | St. Isidore's College |
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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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