Sylvester Horton Rosecrans
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The Right Reverend Sylvester Horton Rosecrans |
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| Bishop of Columbus | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Columbus |
| In office | March 3, 1868 – October 21, 1878 |
| Predecessor | none |
| Successor | John Ambrose Watterson |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 5, 1852 |
| Consecration | March 25, 1862 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 5, 1827 Homer, Ohio |
| Died | October 21, 1878 (aged 51) Columbus, Ohio |
| Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati (1862-1868) |
Sylvester Horton Rosecrans (February 5, 1827 – October 21, 1878) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Columbus from 1868 until his death in 1878.
Sylvester Rosecrans was born in Homer, Ohio, to Crandell and Jane (née Hopkins) Rosecrans. His father's family originally came from Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and settled near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania before moving to Kingston Township, Ohio. His mother was the granddaughter of Stephen Hopkins, the Colonial Governor of Rhode Island and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and grandniece of Esek Hopkins, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War. Sylvester was the youngest of four sons, who included William Rosecrans, who would later become a famed Union general of the Civil War.
Raised in a Methodist family, Rosecrans was raised in Licking County and attended Kenyon College, an Episcopalian institution. While attending Kenyon, he received a letter from his brother William in 1845, announcing his conversion to Catholicism. Sylvester was received into the Catholic Church that same year and, leaving Kenyon, enrolled at St. John's College in Fordham, New York. After graduating from St. John's in 1846 with high honors, he decided to enter the priesthood and was sent by Archbishop John Baptist Purcell to study at the College of the Propaganda in Rome. He there earned his doctorate in theology and was ordained priest by Cardinal Costantino Patrizi June 5, 1852.
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