John Edmund Fitzmaurice
John Edmund Fitzmaurice (born January 8, 1839 in Newton-Sanders , Ireland , † June 18, 1920 in Erie , Pennsylvania ) was an American Roman Catholic clergyman. Fitzmaurice was bishop of the diocese of Erie .
Life
John Edmund Fitzmaurice was the uncle of Edmond John Fitzmaurice , bishop of the Wilmington Diocese in Delaware from 1925 to 1960 .
John Fitzmaurice grew up in Ireland until he was 19; In 1858 he came to the United States. He studied at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Overbrook , Pennsylvania. On 21 December 1862 he was Bishop James Frederick Wood for ordained priests . From 1862 to 1886, Fitzmaurice served as chaplain at two churches in Philadelphia ; thereafter he became rector of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary . His nephew, Edmond Fitzmaurice, also became rector of the seminary in 1920.
Pope Leo XIII. appointed Fitzmaurice on December 14, 1897 as coadjutor bishop of Erie and titular bishop of Amisus . The episcopal ordination donated him on February 24, 1898 Archbishop Patrick John Ryan and the co- consecrators , the bishops Ignatius Frederick Horstmann and Edmond Francis Prendergast . After the resignation of Bishop Tobias Mullen , Fitzmaurice took over the diocese of Erie on September 15, 1899.
Fitzmaurice was then bishop for 21 years. He died at the age of 81 in June 1920.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Tobias Mullen |
Bishop of Erie 1899–1920 |
John Mark Gannon |
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| SURNAME | Fitzmaurice, John Edmund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Roman Catholic clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newton-Sanders , Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 18, 1920 |
| Place of death | Erie , Pennsylvania |