Herbert Vaughan

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Herbert Cardinal Vaughan

Herbert Cardinal Vaughan (born April 15, 1832 in Gloucester , England , † June 19, 1903 in Mill Hill , England) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church , Archbishop of Westminster and founder of the Mission Society of St. Joseph of Mill Hill .

Life

Origin and early years

Herbert Vaughan was the eldest son of eight sons and five daughters of Lieutenant Colonel John Francis Vaughan and his wife Eliza Rolls. Six sons became priests, three of whom received episcopal ordination, Roger became Archbishop of Sydney ( Australia ); John Francis was titular bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia and auxiliary bishop in Salford ; Bernard became known through religious writings. The five sisters went to women's convents and became religious sisters . His uncle was the Bishop of Plymouth William Vaughan .

His schooling began in 1841 at the Jesuit College in Stonyhurst , and in 1847 he moved to the Jesuit College in Brugelette , Belgium . He began his studies in 1850 in the Benedictine Abbey Downside , (England) and continued it from 1851 to 1854 in Rome at the Collegio Romano .

Church career

He was ordained a priest on October 28, 1854, and from 1855 took on the role of Vice President at St. Edmund College . From 1861 to 1865 he went on mission trips to Panama , Colombia , the United States of America , Peru , Chile and Brazil . After returning to Mill Hill, he began founding and building up the fellowship of St. Joseph von Mill Hill and was its superior from 1866 to 1903 . From 1866 until his death he went on further mission trips to the southern United States. In 1871 he became editor of the Catholic weekly magazine The Tablet .

Vaughan was named Bishop of Salford on September 27, 1872 . The episcopal ordination donated him on October 28, 1872 Cardinal Henry Edward Manning ; Co- consecrators were Thomas Joseph Brown , Bishop of Newport and Menevia , and Robert Cornthwaite , Bishop of Beverley . His appointment as Archbishop of Westminster took place on April 8, 1892 and the elevation to the status of a cardinal on January 16, 1893 as a cardinal priest with the titular church Santi Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio . During this time he was instrumental in the construction of Westminster Cathedral .

The dispute with St. George Mivart

When St. George Mivart reiterated his views on Hell in two articles in early 1900, describing a god who would have created such a place of torment as a bad god, he became after a brief controversy with Cardinal Vaughan on January 18, 1900 excommunicated . This resulted in the publication of the book on the correspondence between Mivart and Vaughan.

death

tomb

Cardinal Vaughan died on June 19, 1903 and was first served in the College of St. Joseph is buried in Mill Hill. On March 14, 2005, his remains were transferred from Mill Hill to Westminster Cathedral, where he was buried in St. Thomas Chapel.

Fonts (selection)

  • A pastoral letter to his flock on the pastoral office and the salvation of souls. Salford 1872.
  • A letter on the Prussian persecution and the duties of Catholics in England. Salford 1876.
  • The souls in purgatory. A letter. Salford 1876.
  • A letter on the Indian famine, and the apostacy in Europe. Manchester 1877.
  • The young priest. Conferences on Apostolic Life. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1906.

literature

  • John Snead-Cox: The life of Cardinal Vaughan. Burns & Oates, London 1910, 2 volumes (further edition: Herbert & Daniel, London 1910, 2 volumes).
  • John Snead-Cox:  Herbert Vaughan . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 15, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1912.
  • Arthur McCormack: Cardinal Vaughan. The life of the third Archbishop of Westminster, founder of St. Joseph's Missionary Society, Mill Hill. Burns & Oates, London 1966.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry on Roger William Bede Vaughan on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 14, 2016.
  2. ^ Entry on John Stephen Vaughan on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 14, 2016.
  3. ^ Entry on William Vaughan on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ Stonyhurst College website ( January 19, 2014 memento in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ John Snead-Cox: The life of Cardinal Vaughan . Herbert & Daniel, London 1910, vol. 1, p. 18.
  6. ↑ Michael Walsh: History of The Tablet , accessed June 8, 2015.
  7. ↑ Under the Ban. A Correspondence Between Dr. St. George Mivart and Herbert Cardinal Vaughan, Archbishop of Westminster. Accompanied by two articles by Dr. Mivart on "Some recent Catholic apologists" and "The continuity of Catholicism". Tucker, New York 1900.
predecessor Office successor
Henry Edward Cardinal Manning Archbishop of Westminster
1892-1903 		Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne
personal data
SURNAME Vaughan, Herbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vaughan, Herbert Cardinal (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English Catholic theologian and cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Gloucester , England
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 1903
Place of death Mill Hill , England