John Joseph Cain
John Joseph Cain (born May 31, 1841 in Martinsburg , Virginia , † October 13, 1903 in St. Louis , Missouri ) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of St. Louis .
Life
After graduating from school in Catonsville , Maryland , John Joseph Kain, born in what is now West Virginia , began studying theology and philosophy at Mary's College . On July 2, 1866, he received at the age of 25 years by Bishop Richard Vincent Whelan , the ordination . He was used as a chaplain in Harpers Ferry and also looked after several churches in West Virginia and Virginia. During this time he rebuilt the Harpers Ferry, Martinsburg, Winchester, and Berkeley Springs churches that had been destroyed during the Civil War.
Pope Pius IX appointed Cain Bishop of Wheeling on February 12, 1875 . He received his episcopal ordination from the Archbishop of Baltimore , James Roosevelt Bayley , on May 23 of the same year in St. James Cathedral in Wheeling; Co-consecrators were the Bishop of Wilmington , Thomas Andrew Becker , and the Bishop of Richmond , James Gibbons .
In the Diocese of Wheeling he had three dozen priests and 20,000 Catholics under his jurisdiction. In 1879 he built a Gothic chapel in Mt. Calvary Cemetery in memory of Bishop Whelan, where Bishops Donahue, McDonnell, Archbishop Swint and Hodges are buried. In 1882 he held a diocesan synod at which a fund for older priests was established; In 1887 he convened another synod.
Pope Leo XIII. appointed him on May 21, 1893, Coadjutor Archbishop of St. Louis and Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus . On May 21, 1895, Peter Richard Kenrick , Archbishop of St. Louis, resigned, and on the same day Cain was instituted as the new Archbishop of St. Louis. Cain was the first Archbishop of St. Louis to be born in the United States.
Cain died in St. Louis on October 13, 1903, at the age of 62.
Web links
- Entry on John Joseph Cain on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 31, 2016.
- Biography on the Archdiocese of St. Louis website
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Vincent Whelan |
Bishop of Wheeling 1894–1922 |
Patrick James Donahue |
| Peter Richard Kenrick |
Archbishop of St. Louis 1895–1903 |
John Joseph Cardinal Glennon |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cain, John Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman Catholic Archbishop of St. Louis |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Martinsburg , West Virginia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 1903 |
| Place of death | St. Louis , Missouri |