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See = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus|Columbus]] |
Title = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus|Bishop of Columbus]] |
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Period = March 3, 1868&mdash;October 21, 1878 |
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| term = March 3, 1868 –<br>October 21, 1878
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'''Sylvester Horton Rosecrans''' (February 5, 1827&mdash;October 21, 1878) was an [[United States|American]] [[prelate]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He served as [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus|Bishop of Columbus]] from 1868 until his death in 1878.
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| consecration = March 25, 1862
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'''Sylvester Horton Rosecrans''' (February 5, 1827 – October 21, 1878) was an American [[prelate]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He served as bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus|Diocese of Columbus]] in Ohio from 1868 until his death in 1878. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the [[Archdiocese of Cincinnati]] in Ohio from 1862 to 1868.


==Biography==
==Biography==
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Sylvester Rosecrans was born in [[Homer, Ohio|Homer]], [[Ohio]], to Crandell and Jane (née Hopkins) Rosecrans.<ref name=clarke>{{cite news|work=Lives of the Deceased Bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States|last=Clarke, Richard Henry}}</ref> His father's family originally came from [[Amsterdam]] in the [[Netherlands]], and settled near [[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania|Wilkes-Barre]], [[Pennsylvania]] before moving to [[Kingston Township, Delaware County, Ohio|Kingston Township]], [[Ohio]].<ref name=catholic>{{cite news|work=[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]|title=William and Sylvester Rosecrans|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13191c.htm}}</ref> His mother was the granddaughter of [[Stephen Hopkins (politician)|Stephen Hopkins]], the [[List of colonial governors of Rhode Island|Colonial Governor]] of [[Rhode Island]] and a signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]], and grandniece of [[Esek Hopkins]], the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the [[Continental Navy]] during the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]].<ref name=civil>{{cite news|work=Home of the American Civil War|title=William Starke Rosecrans|url=http://www.civilwarhome.com/rosecransbio.htm}}</ref> Sylvester was the youngest of four sons, who included [[William Rosecrans]], who would later become a famed [[Union Army|Union]] general of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref name=walnut>{{cite news|work=Big Walnut Area Historical Society|title=Major General William Starke Rosecrans|url=http://www.bigwalnuthistory.org/Local_History/Rosecrans/WSR.htm#Taylor}}</ref>


=== Early life ===
Raised in a [[Methodism|Methodist]] family, Rosecrans was raised in [[Licking County, Ohio|Licking County]] and attended [[Kenyon College]], an [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopalian]] institution.<ref name=catholic/> While attending Kenyon, he received a letter from his brother William in 1845, announcing his [[Religious conversion|conversion]] to [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]].<ref name=catholic/> Sylvester was received into the Catholic Church that same year and, leaving Kenyon, enrolled at [[Fordham University|St. John's College]] in [[Fordham, New York|Fordham]], [[New York]].<ref name=diocese>{{cite news|work=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland]]|title=The Bishops of Columbus|url=http://www.colsdioc.org/AboutUs/TheBishopsofColumbus/tabid/276/Default.aspx}}</ref> After graduating from St. John's in 1846 with high honors, he decided to enter the [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priesthood]] and was sent by Archbishop [[John Baptist Purcell]] to study at the [[Pontifical Urbaniana University|College of the Propaganda]] in [[Rome]].<ref name=clarke/> He there earned his [[Doctor of Sacred Theology|doctorate in theology]] and was [[Holy Orders|ordained]] priest by Cardinal [[Costantino Patrizi Naro|Costantino Patrizi]] June 5, 1852.<ref name=hierarchy>{{cite news|work=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|title=Bishop Sylvester Horton Rosecrans|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brosec.html}}</ref>
[[File:Saint Joseph Cathedral (Columbus, Ohio) - undercroft, tomb of Bishop Rosecrans.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The body of Bishop Rosecrans is entombed in St. Joseph Cathedral (Columbus, Ohio).]]
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Sylvester Rosecrans was born on February 5, 1827, in [[Homer, Ohio|Homer]], [[Ohio]], to Crandell and Jane (née Hopkins) Rosecrans, the youngest of four sons.<ref name=clarke>{{cite book|title=Lives of the Deceased Bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States|last=Clarke, Richard Henry |authorlink1=Richard Henry Clarke|location=New York |publisher=P. O'Shea, Publisher, [[Sagwan Press]] |origyear=1872 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sv-V5RBdIDMC&q=Clarke,+Richard+Henry+(February+9,+2018).+Lives+of+the+Deceased+Bishops+of+the+Catholic+Church+in+the+United+States |date=February 9, 2018 |language=English |type=Paperback |id=1377216837 |isbn=978-1377216836}}</ref> Crandell's family came from [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands to [[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania|Wilkes-Barre]], [[Pennsylvania]], then moved to [[Kingston Township, Delaware County, Ohio|Kingston Township]], [[Ohio]].<ref name=catholic>{{cite news|work=[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]|title=William and Sylvester Rosecrans|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13191c.htm}}</ref> Jane was the granddaughter of [[Stephen Hopkins (politician)|Stephen Hopkins]], the [[List of colonial governors of Rhode Island|Colonial Governor]] of [[Rhode Island]], and grandniece of [[Esek Hopkins]], the Commander-in-Chief of the [[Continental Navy]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]].<ref name=civil>{{cite news|work=Home of the American Civil War|title=William Starke Rosecrans|url=http://www.civilwarhome.com/rosecransbio.htm}}</ref> Sylvester Rosecrans' brother was General [[William Rosecrans]] of the Union Army, who fought in the [[American Civil War]].<ref name=walnut>{{cite news|work=Big Walnut Area Historical Society|title=Major General William Starke Rosecrans|url=http://www.bigwalnuthistory.org/Local_History/Rosecrans/WSR.htm#Taylor}}</ref>


Raised in a [[Methodism|Methodist]] family, Rosecrans spent his childhood in [[Licking County, Ohio]], in the town of [[Homer, Ohio|Homer]].<ref name="catholic" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/memory/id/73827/rec/48 |title=In Memoriam Rt Rev S.H. Rosecrans, D.D., First Bishop of Columbus, died October 21, 1878, aged, 52 years |publisher=Catholic Columbian Print., Columbus |year=1878 |location=Columbus}}</ref> Crandall worked both as a farmer and as an engineer.<ref name=":0" /> While attending [[Kenyon College]] in Gambier, Ohio in 1845, he received a letter from William Rosecrans announcing his [[Religious conversion|conversion]] to Catholicism.<ref name=catholic/> Influenced by his brother's conversion, Rosecrans converted to Catholicism that same year, being ministered to by [[Jean-Baptiste Lamy]] while the latter was serving as a missionary priest in the area. After leaving Kenyon College, he enrolled at [[Fordham University|St. John's College]] in New York City.<ref name=diocese>{{cite news|work=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus]]|title=The Bishops of Columbus|url=http://www.colsdioc.org/AboutUs/TheBishopsofColumbus/tabid/276/Default.aspx}}</ref> After graduating from St. John's in 1846 with high honors, Rosecrans decided to enter the [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priesthood]]. Archbishop [[John Baptist Purcell|John Purcell]] sent him to Rome to study at the [[Pontifical Urbaniana University]], where he earned his [[Doctor of Theology]] degree.<ref name=clarke/>
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After touring through [[Italy]], [[France]], [[England]], and [[Ireland]], Rosecrans returned to the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati|Archdiocese of Cincinnati]] and was appointed [[pastor]] of St. Thomas Church in [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]].<ref name=diocese/> He was then assigned as a [[curate]] at [[Saint Peter in Chains Cathedral|St. Peter in Chains Cathedral]] and a [[professor]] at [[Athenaeum of Ohio|Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West]].<ref name=diocese/> In 1859 Archbishop Purcell opened a [[college]] for Catholic youth in connection with the [[seminary]] and named Rosecrans as its [[University president|President]].<ref name=catholic/> However, the college was later closed with the outbreak of the Civil War.<ref name=clarke/>


=== Priesthood ===
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On December 23, 1861, Rosecrans was appointed [[Auxiliary Bishop]] of Cincinnati and [[Titular Bishop]] of ''[[Pompeiopolis]]'' by [[Pope Pius IX]].<ref name=hierarchy/> He received his [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|episcopal consecration]] on March 25, 1862 from Archbishop Purcell, with Bishops [[Martin John Spalding]] and [[John Henry Luers]] serving as [[Consecrator|co-consecrators]], at St. Peter's Cathedral.<ref name=hierarchy/> Following the consecration of [[Edward Fitzgerald (bishop)|Edward Fitzgerald]] as [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock|Bishop of Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]], in February 1867, Rosecrans replaced him as pastor of [http://www.stpatrickcolumbus.com/ St. Patrick Church] in [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]].<ref name=clarke/>
Rosecrans was [[Holy Orders|ordained]] into the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati in Rome by Cardinal [[Costantino Patrizi Naro|Costantino Patrizi]] on June 5, 1852.<ref name="hierarchy">{{cite news|work=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|title=Bishop Sylvester Horton Rosecrans|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brosec.html}}</ref>


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After touring through Italy, France, England, and [[Ireland]], Rosecrans returned to Cincinnati. His first assignment was as [[pastor]] of St. Thomas' Parish in [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]].<ref name="diocese" /> He was then assigned as a curate at [[Cathedral Basilica of Saint Peter in Chains (Cincinnati)|St. Peter in Chains Cathedral Parish]] and as a professor at [[Athenaeum of Ohio|Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West]], both in Cincinnati.<ref name="diocese" /> In 1859, Archbishop Purcell opened a [[college]] for Catholic youth in connection with the [[seminary]] and named Rosecrans as its [[University president|president]].<ref name="catholic" /> However, the college closed in 1861 with the outbreak of the [[American Civil War]].<ref name="clarke" />
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He was named the first [[Ordinary|Bishop]] of the newly-erected [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus|Diocese of Columbus]] on March 3, 1868.<ref name=hierarchy/> The new diocese included Central, South Central, and Southeastern Ohio, roughly running from the [[Scioto River]] on the west across to the [[Ohio River]] along the east, and comprised 32 [[Parish (Catholic Church)|parishes]] and about 41,000 Catholics.<ref name=history>{{cite news|work=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus]]|title=Diocese History|url=http://www.colsdioc.org/AboutUs/DioceseHistory/tabid/275/Default.aspx}}</ref> No [[railroad]] had as yet penetrated some of the counties, and Rosecrans was forced to make many of the journeys on his visitations by [[stagecoach]], [[wagon]], or [[steamboat]].<ref name=cleveland>{{cite news|work=[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]|title=Diocese of Columbus|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04149a.htm}}</ref> He was excused from participating in the [[First Vatican Council]] (1869–1870) in order to attend to the needs of his new diocese.<ref name=clarke/>


=== Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati ===
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During his 10-year-long tenure, Rosecrans founded St. Aloysius Seminary for young men in 1871, solemnly dedicated the diocese to the [[Sacred Heart]] in December 1873, and established the diocesan [[newspaper]], ''The Catholic Columbian'', in 1875.<ref name=clarke/><ref name=diocese/> He also founded St. Mary's of the Springs [[Academy]] for Young Ladies, St. Joseph's Academy, St. Vincent's [[Orphanage|Orphan Asylum]], and Sacred Heart [[Convent]].<ref name=catholic/> But his greatest achievement was the construction of [[St. Joseph's Cathedral]], which cost $220,000 and was consecrated on October 20, 1878.<ref name=diocese/> He died the next day, aged 51.
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On December 23, 1861, Rosecrans was appointed as an [[Auxiliary Bishop|auxiliary bishop]] of the Diocese of Cincinnati and titular bishop of ''[[Pompeiopolis]]'' by [[Pope Pius IX]].<ref name="hierarchy" /> He received his [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|episcopal consecration]] on March 25, 1862, from Archbishop Purcell, with Bishops [[Martin John Spalding|Martin Spalding]] and [[John Henry Luers|John Luers]] serving as [[Consecrator|co-consecrators]], at St. Peter's Cathedral.<ref name="hierarchy" /> Following the consecration of [[Edward Fitzgerald (bishop)|Edward Fitzgerald]] as [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock|Bishop of Little Rock]] in February 1867, Rosecrans replaced him as pastor of St. Patrick's Parish in [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]].<ref name="clarke" />

=== Bishop of Columbus ===
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Rosecrans was named the first bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Columbus on March 3, 1868, by Pope Pius IX .<ref name="hierarchy" /> The new diocese included central, south central, and southeastern Ohio, roughly running from the [[Scioto River]] on the west across to the [[Ohio River]] along the east; it comprised 32 [[Parish (Catholic Church)|parishes]] and about 41,000 Catholics.<ref name="history">{{cite news|work=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus]]|title=Diocese History|url=http://www.colsdioc.org/AboutUs/DioceseHistory/tabid/275/Default.aspx}}</ref> Rosecrans journeyed throughout the diocese by [[stagecoach]], wagon, or [[steamboat]].<ref name="cleveland">{{cite news|work=[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]|title=Diocese of Columbus|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04149a.htm}}</ref> The Vatican excused him from participating in the [[First Vatican Council]] (1869–1870) in Rome in order to tend to his new diocese.<ref name="clarke" />

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During his 10-year-long tenure, Rosecrans founded St. Aloysius Seminary for young men in 1871, dedicated the diocese to the [[Sacred Heart]] in December 1873, and established the diocesan newspaper, ''The Catholic Columbian'', in 1875.<ref name="clarke" /><ref name="diocese" /> Rosecrans founded the following institutions in [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]:

* St. Aloysius Seminary (1871)
* St. Mary's of the Springs Academy for Young Ladies (1868)<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Marys of the Springs {{!}} Historical Reflections: The Medical Heritage Center Blog |url=https://library.osu.edu/site/mhcb/2011/06/13/st-marys-of-the-springs/ |access-date=2022-06-19 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* St. Joseph's Academy (1875) <ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Joseph's Academy |url=https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/ohio/id/22898/ |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org |language=en}}</ref>
* St. Vincent's [[Orphanage|Orphan Asylum]] (1875) <ref>{{Cite web |title=852S1551889 |url=https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/ohio/id/9111/ |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org |language=en}}</ref>
* Sacred Heart Convent<ref name="catholic" />

Rosecrans' greatest achievement was the construction of [[St. Joseph Cathedral (Columbus, Ohio)|St. Joseph's Cathedral]] in Columbus, costing $220,000. He consecrated it on October 20, 1878.<ref name="diocese" />

=== Death and legacy ===
Sylvester Rosecrans died in Columbus on October 21, 1878, the day after the cathedral consecration. He was age 51. [[Bishop Rosecrans High School]] in Zanesville, Ohio, is named after him.


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His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Sylvester Horton Rosecrans
Bishop of Columbus
Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeColumbus
In officeMarch 3, 1868 –
October 21, 1878
SuccessorJohn Ambrose Watterson
Orders
OrdinationJune 5, 1852
ConsecrationMarch 25, 1862
by John Baptist Purcell Martin John Spalding John Luers[1]
Personal details
Born(1827-02-05)February 5, 1827
Homer, Ohio, USA
DiedOctober 21, 1878(1878-10-21) (aged 51)
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Previous post(s)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 the Diocese of Columbus in Ohio from 1868 until his death in 1878. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati in Ohio from 1862 to 1868.

Biography[edit]

Early life[edit]

The body of Bishop Rosecrans is entombed in St. Joseph Cathedral (Columbus, Ohio).

Sylvester Rosecrans was born on February 5, 1827, in Homer, Ohio, to Crandell and Jane (née Hopkins) Rosecrans, the youngest of four sons.[2] Crandell's family came from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, then moved to Kingston Township, Ohio.[3] Jane was the granddaughter of Stephen Hopkins, the Colonial Governor of Rhode Island, and grandniece of Esek Hopkins, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War.[4] Sylvester Rosecrans' brother was General William Rosecrans of the Union Army, who fought in the American Civil War.[5]

Raised in a Methodist family, Rosecrans spent his childhood in Licking County, Ohio, in the town of Homer.[3][6] Crandall worked both as a farmer and as an engineer.[6] While attending Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio in 1845, he received a letter from William Rosecrans announcing his conversion to Catholicism.[3] Influenced by his brother's conversion, Rosecrans converted to Catholicism that same year, being ministered to by Jean-Baptiste Lamy while the latter was serving as a missionary priest in the area. After leaving Kenyon College, he enrolled at St. John's College in New York City.[7] After graduating from St. John's in 1846 with high honors, Rosecrans decided to enter the priesthood. Archbishop John Purcell sent him to Rome to study at the Pontifical Urbaniana University, where he earned his Doctor of Theology degree.[2]

Priesthood[edit]

Rosecrans was ordained into the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati in Rome by Cardinal Costantino Patrizi on June 5, 1852.[8]

After touring through Italy, France, England, and Ireland, Rosecrans returned to Cincinnati. His first assignment was as pastor of St. Thomas' Parish in Cincinnati.[7] He was then assigned as a curate at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral Parish and as a professor at Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West, both in Cincinnati.[7] In 1859, Archbishop Purcell opened a college for Catholic youth in connection with the seminary and named Rosecrans as its president.[3] However, the college closed in 1861 with the outbreak of the American Civil War.[2]

Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati[edit]

On December 23, 1861, Rosecrans was appointed as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Cincinnati and titular bishop of Pompeiopolis by Pope Pius IX.[8] He received his episcopal consecration on March 25, 1862, from Archbishop Purcell, with Bishops Martin Spalding and John Luers serving as co-consecrators, at St. Peter's Cathedral.[8] Following the consecration of Edward Fitzgerald as Bishop of Little Rock in February 1867, Rosecrans replaced him as pastor of St. Patrick's Parish in Columbus.[2]

Bishop of Columbus[edit]

Rosecrans was named the first bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Columbus on March 3, 1868, by Pope Pius IX .[8] The new diocese included central, south central, and southeastern Ohio, roughly running from the Scioto River on the west across to the Ohio River along the east; it comprised 32 parishes and about 41,000 Catholics.[9] Rosecrans journeyed throughout the diocese by stagecoach, wagon, or steamboat.[10] The Vatican excused him from participating in the First Vatican Council (1869–1870) in Rome in order to tend to his new diocese.[2]

During his 10-year-long tenure, Rosecrans founded St. Aloysius Seminary for young men in 1871, dedicated the diocese to the Sacred Heart in December 1873, and established the diocesan newspaper, The Catholic Columbian, in 1875.[2][7] Rosecrans founded the following institutions in Columbus:

  • St. Aloysius Seminary (1871)
  • St. Mary's of the Springs Academy for Young Ladies (1868)[11]
  • St. Joseph's Academy (1875) [12]
  • St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum (1875) [13]
  • Sacred Heart Convent[3]

Rosecrans' greatest achievement was the construction of St. Joseph's Cathedral in Columbus, costing $220,000. He consecrated it on October 20, 1878.[7]

Death and legacy[edit]

Sylvester Rosecrans died in Columbus on October 21, 1878, the day after the cathedral consecration. He was age 51. Bishop Rosecrans High School in Zanesville, Ohio, is named after him.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Clarke, D.A. (1918). Diocese of Columbus : the history of fifty years, 1868-1918. Columbus: Diocese of Columbus. p. 30.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Clarke, Richard Henry (February 9, 2018) [1872]. Lives of the Deceased Bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States (Paperback). New York: P. O'Shea, Publisher, Sagwan Press. ISBN 978-1377216836. 1377216837.
  3. ^ a b c d e "William and Sylvester Rosecrans". Catholic Encyclopedia.
  4. ^ "William Starke Rosecrans". Home of the American Civil War.
  5. ^ "Major General William Starke Rosecrans". Big Walnut Area Historical Society.
  6. ^ a b In Memoriam Rt Rev S.H. Rosecrans, D.D., First Bishop of Columbus, died October 21, 1878, aged, 52 years. Columbus: Catholic Columbian Print., Columbus. 1878.
  7. ^ a b c d e "The Bishops of Columbus". Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus.
  8. ^ a b c d "Bishop Sylvester Horton Rosecrans". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
  9. ^ "Diocese History". Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus.
  10. ^ "Diocese of Columbus". Catholic Encyclopedia.
  11. ^ "St. Marys of the Springs | Historical Reflections: The Medical Heritage Center Blog". Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  12. ^ "St. Joseph's Academy". digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  13. ^ "852S1551889". digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
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