John Cardinal McCloskey

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John Cardinal McCloskey was the first American cardinal and a prominent 19th-century Archbishop of New York who oversaw major growth of the Catholic Church in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Roman Catholic priest
Archbishop
Catholic cardinal
human
appointedAsArchbishopOfNewYorkBy Pope Pius IX
appointedCardinalInConsistory 1875-03-15
birthDate 1810-03-10
birthPlace Brooklyn, New York NERFINISHED
New York City
burialPlace New York City NERFINISHED
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
surface form: St. Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan
cardinalateStart 1875-03-15
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
createdCardinalBy Pope Pius IX
deathDate 1885-10-10
deathPlace Manhattan, New York NERFINISHED
New York City NERFINISHED
diocese Archdiocese of New York
surface form: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany
educatedAt Mount St. Mary's University (near Emmitsburg)
surface form: Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg

Mount St. Mary’s College
surface form: Mount St. Mary's University
endTimeAsArchbishopOfNewYork 1885
endTimeAsBishopOfAlbany 1864
era 19th century
familyName McCloskey
givenName John
hasTitle Archbishop of New York
Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church
honorificPrefix His Eminence
honorificSuffix Cardinal
knownFor expansion of Catholic institutions in New York
leadership of the Catholic Church in the United States in the 19th century
oversight of construction of the new St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan
memberOf College of Cardinals
Archdiocese of New York
surface form: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
nativeLanguage English
notableAchievement first American cardinal of the Catholic Church
occupation Catholic priest
theologian
partOf 19th-century American Catholic hierarchy
positionHeld Archbishop of New York
Bishop of Albany
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
residence New York City
sexOrGender male
startTimeAsArchbishopOfNewYork 1864
startTimeAsBishopOfAlbany 1847

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