Philip R. McDevitt: Difference between revisions

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
→‎References: + template
m Script-assisted fixes: per CS1 and MOS:ITALICS
 
(22 intermediate revisions by 18 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|American prelate}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = bishop
| type = bishop
| honorific-prefix =
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Philip R. McDevitt
| name = Philip Richard McDevitt
| honorific-suffix =
| honorific-suffix =
| native_name =
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| native_name_lang =
| title =
| title = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg|Bishop of Harrisburg]]
| image = Picture of Philip R. McDevitt.jpg
| image = Picture of Philip R. McDevitt.jpg
| image_size =
| image_size =
| alt =
| alt =
| caption =
| caption =
| church =
| church =
| archdiocese =
| archdiocese =
| province =
| province =
| metropolis =
| metropolis =
| diocese =
| see = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg|Diocese of Harrisburg]]
| diocese =
| see =
| elected =
| appointed = July 10, 1916
| elected =
| term =
| appointed = July 10, 1916
| term =
| term_start =
| term_start =
| quashed =
| quashed =
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[John W. Shanahan]]
| term_end =
| opposed =
| predecessor = [[John W. Shanahan]]
| successor = [[George L. Leech]]
| opposed =
| other_post = <!---------- Orders ---------->
| successor = [[George L. Leech]]
| other_post =
| ordination = July 14, 1885
| ordained_by = [[Patrick John Ryan]]
<!---------- Orders ---------->
| ordination = July 14, 1885
| consecration = September 21, 1916
| consecrated_by = [[Edmond Francis Prendergast]]
| ordinated_by =
| consecration =
| cardinal =
| rank = <!---------- Personal details ---------->
| consecrated_by =
| cardinal =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = July 12, 1858
| rank =
| birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], US
<!---------- Personal details ---------->
| death_date = {{Death date|1935|11|11}}
| birth_name =
| death_place =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1858|7|12|df=yes}}<ref>http://www.mcdevitths.org/?pid=62#uncle_phil</ref>
| buried =
| birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]
| nationality =
| death_date = {{Death date|1935|11|11|df=yes}}<ref>http://www.mcdevitths.org/?pid=62#uncle_phil</ref>
| religion = [[Roman Catholic]]
| death_place =
| buried =
| residence =
| nationality =
| parents =
| previous_post =
| religion = [[Roman Catholic]]
| education = [[La Salle University|La Salle College]]<br />[[St. Charles Borromeo Seminary]]
| residence =
| parents =
| alma_mater =
| previous_post =
| motto =
| signature =
| education =
| alma_mater =
| signature_alt =
| motto =
| coat_of_arms =
| signature =
| signature_alt =
| coat_of_arms =
| coat_of_arms_alt =
| coat_of_arms_alt =
| honorific_prefix = [[His Excellency]], [[The Most Reverend]]
<!---------- Sainthood ---------->
| feast_day =
| venerated =
| saint_title =
| beatified_date =
| beatified_place =
| beatified_by =
| canonized_date =
| canonized_place =
| canonized_by =
| attributes =
| patronage =
| shrine =
| suppressed_date =
<!---------- Other ---------->
| other =
}}
}}
'''Philip Richard McDevitt''' (July 12, 1858 &ndash; November 11, 1935) was an [[United States|American]] [[prelate]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He served as [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg|Bishop of Harrisburg]] from 1916 until his death in 1935.
'''Philip Richard McDevitt''' (July 12, 1858 – November 11, 1935) was an American [[prelate]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He served as bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg|Diocese of Harrisburg]] in Pennsylvania from 1916 until his death.


==Biography==
== Biography ==
[[File:Phillip H McDevitt.jpg|left|180px|thumbnail|Portrait of Philip R. McDevitt by [[Thomas Eakins]], 1901.]]
Philip McDevitt was born in [[Philadelphia]] to Richard and Mary Ann (née Dinneney) McDevitt.<ref name=alumni>{{cite news|work=[[La Salle College High School]]|title=Alumni Hall of Fame: Most Reverend Philip R. McDevitt (1877)|url=http://www.lschs.org/page.cfm?p=1182}}</ref> After graduating from [[La Salle College High School]] in 1877, he studied at [[La Salle University|La Salle College]] and [[St. Charles Borromeo Seminary]].<ref name=alumni/> He was [[ordination|ordained]] to the [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priesthood]] by Archbishop [[Patrick John Ryan]] on July 14, 1885.<ref name=hierarchy>{{cite news|work=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|title=Bishop Philip Richard McDevitt|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmcdev.html}}</ref> He served as a [[curate]] at the [http://www.archdiocese-phl.org/parishes/7250.htm Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary] in [[Port Richmond, Philadelphia]] before becoming [[Superintendent (education)|superintendent]] of [[Catholic school]]s in the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia|Archdiocese of Philadelphia]] in 1899.<ref name=alumni/> In this position, he gained a national reputation as an educator and administrator. He was raised to the rank of a [[Monsignor|Domestic Prelate]] by [[Pope Pius X]] on July 16, 1910.<ref name=alumni/>


=== Early life ===
On July 10, 1916, McDevitt was appointed the fourth [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg|Bishop of Harrisburg]] by [[Pope Benedict XV]].<ref name=hierarchy/> He received his [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|episcopal]] [[consecration]] on the following September 21 from Archbishop [[Edmond Francis Prendergast]], with Bishops [[John Joseph McCort]] and [[John Edmund Fitzmaurice]] serving as [[Consecrator|co-consecrators]].<ref name=hierarchy/> During his 19-year-long tenure, he established ten [[Parish (Catholic Church)|parishes]] and twelve schools.<ref name=alumni/> In 1925 he created the Mission Board to respond to financial needs caused by the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]].<ref name=diocese>{{cite news|work=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg]]|title=Diocesan History|url=http://www.hbgdiocese.org/default.aspx?PageID=493ff336-c373-4353-b247-314b253fb14b}}</ref> He also served as [[Chair (official)|chairman]] of the Catholic Press Department within the [[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops|National Catholic Welfare Conference]], and president of the [[American Catholic Historical Association]].
[[File:Philip R. McDevitt.jpg|left|180px|thumbnail|Portrait of Bishop McDevitt by [[Thomas Eakins]], 1901]]
Philip McDevitt was born on July 12, 1858, in [[Philadelphia]] to Richard and Mary Ann (née Dinneney) McDevitt.<ref name=alumni>{{cite news|work=[[La Salle College High School]]|title=Alumni Hall of Fame: Most Reverend Philip R. McDevitt (1877)|url=http://www.lschs.org/page.cfm?p=1182}}</ref> After graduating from [[La Salle College High School]] in 1877, he studied at [[La Salle University|La Salle College]] and [[St. Charles Borromeo Seminary]], both in Philadelphia.<ref name=alumni />


McDevitt was [[ordination|ordained]] to the priesthood for the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia|Archdiocese of Philadelphia]] by Archbishop [[Patrick John Ryan|Patrick Ryan]] on July 14, 1885.<ref name="hierarchy">{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bmcdev|Bishop Philip Richard McDevitt|21 January 2015}}{{Self-published source|date=March 2015}}</ref> He served as a [[curate]] at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in [[Port Richmond, Philadelphia]], before becoming superintendent of [[Catholic school]]s in the archdiocese in 1899.<ref name="alumni" /> In this position, he gained a national reputation as an educator and administrator. McDevitt was named [[Monsignor|domestic prelate]] by [[Pope Pius X]] on July 16, 1910.<ref name="alumni" />
McDevitt later died at age 77, and is buried at [[Holy Cross Cemetery, Harrisburg|Holy Cross Cemetery]] in [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]]. [[Bishop McDevitt High School (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)|Bishop McDevitt High School]] in Harrisburg and [[Bishop McDevitt High School (Wyncote, Pennsylvania)|Bishop McDevitt High School]] in [[Wyncote, Pennsylvania|Wyncote]] are both named in his honor.


=== Bishop of Harrisburg ===
==References==
On July 10, 1916, McDevitt was appointed the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg by [[Pope Benedict XV]].<ref name="hierarchy" /> He received his [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|episcopal]] [[consecration]] on September 21, 1916, from Archbishop [[Edmond Francis Prendergast]], with Bishops [[John Joseph McCort|John McCort]] and [[John Edmund Fitzmaurice|John Fitzmaurice]] serving as [[Consecrator|co-consecrators]].<ref name="hierarchy" />
{{reflist}}

During his 19-year tenure, McDevitt established ten [[Parish (Catholic Church)|parishes]] and twelve schools.<ref name="alumni" /> In 1925, he created the Mission Board to respond to financial needs caused by the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]].<ref name="diocese">{{cite news|work=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg]]|title=Diocesan History|url=http://www.hbgdiocese.org/default.aspx?PageID=493ff336-c373-4353-b247-314b253fb14b|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921210819/http://hbgdiocese.org/default.aspx?PageID=493ff336-c373-4353-b247-314b253fb14b|archivedate=2010-09-21}}</ref> He also served as chair of the Catholic Press Department within the [[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops|National Catholic Welfare Conference]], and president of the [[American Catholic Historical Association]].

=== Death and legacy ===
McDevitt died on November 11, 1935, at age 77 and is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]]. [[Bishop McDevitt High School (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)|Bishop McDevitt High School]] in Harrisburg and [[Bishop McDevitt High School (Wyncote, Pennsylvania)|Bishop McDevitt High School]] in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, are both named in his honor.

== References ==
{{reflist|22em}}

== External links ==
{{commons category-inline|Philip R. McDevitt}}


{{start box}}
{{start box}}
Line 88: Line 83:
before=[[John W. Shanahan]]|
before=[[John W. Shanahan]]|
title=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg|Bishop of Harrisburg]] |
title=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg|Bishop of Harrisburg]] |
years=1916&mdash;1935 |
years=1916—1935 |
after=[[George L. Leech]]
after=[[George L. Leech]]
}}
}}
{{end box}}
{{end box}}

{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg|state=collapsed}}
{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg}}
{{Authority control|VIAF=63580399}}
{{Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia}}
{{Persondata
{{Authority control}}
| NAME = McDevitt, Philip R.

| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Catholic bishop
| DATE OF BIRTH = July 12, 1858
| PLACE OF BIRTH =
| DATE OF DEATH = November 11, 1935
| PLACE OF DEATH =
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:McDevitt, Philip R.}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:McDevitt, Philip R.}}
[[Category:1858 births]]
[[Category:1858 births]]
[[Category:1935 deaths]]
[[Category:1935 deaths]]
[[Category:St. Charles Borromeo Seminary alumni]]
[[Category:St. Charles Borromeo Seminary alumni]]
[[Category:People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Clergy from Philadelphia]]
[[Category:American Roman Catholic bishops]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Harrisburg]]
[[Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States]]

Latest revision as of 06:40, 28 February 2024

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Philip Richard McDevitt
Bishop of Harrisburg
SeeDiocese of Harrisburg
AppointedJuly 10, 1916
PredecessorJohn W. Shanahan
SuccessorGeorge L. Leech
Orders
OrdinationJuly 14, 1885
by Patrick John Ryan
ConsecrationSeptember 21, 1916
by Edmond Francis Prendergast
Personal details
BornJuly 12, 1858
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Died(1935-11-11)November 11, 1935
DenominationRoman Catholic
EducationLa Salle College
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary

Philip Richard McDevitt (July 12, 1858 – November 11, 1935) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg in Pennsylvania from 1916 until his death.

Biography[edit]

Early life[edit]

Portrait of Bishop McDevitt by Thomas Eakins, 1901

Philip McDevitt was born on July 12, 1858, in Philadelphia to Richard and Mary Ann (née Dinneney) McDevitt.[1] After graduating from La Salle College High School in 1877, he studied at La Salle College and St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, both in Philadelphia.[1]

McDevitt was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia by Archbishop Patrick Ryan on July 14, 1885.[2] He served as a curate at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Port Richmond, Philadelphia, before becoming superintendent of Catholic schools in the archdiocese in 1899.[1] In this position, he gained a national reputation as an educator and administrator. McDevitt was named domestic prelate by Pope Pius X on July 16, 1910.[1]

Bishop of Harrisburg[edit]

On July 10, 1916, McDevitt was appointed the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg by Pope Benedict XV.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on September 21, 1916, from Archbishop Edmond Francis Prendergast, with Bishops John McCort and John Fitzmaurice serving as co-consecrators.[2]

During his 19-year tenure, McDevitt established ten parishes and twelve schools.[1] In 1925, he created the Mission Board to respond to financial needs caused by the Great Depression.[3] He also served as chair of the Catholic Press Department within the National Catholic Welfare Conference, and president of the American Catholic Historical Association.

Death and legacy[edit]

McDevitt died on November 11, 1935, at age 77 and is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Harrisburg. Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg and Bishop McDevitt High School in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, are both named in his honor.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Alumni Hall of Fame: Most Reverend Philip R. McDevitt (1877)". La Salle College High School.
  2. ^ a b c "Bishop Philip Richard McDevitt". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.[self-published source]
  3. ^ "Diocesan History". Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg. Archived from the original on 2010-09-21.

External links[edit]

Media related to Philip R. McDevitt at Wikimedia Commons

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Harrisburg
1916—1935 		Succeeded by
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philip_R._McDevitt&oldid=1210763529"