Joshua Maria Young
Joshua Maria Young (born Joshua Moody Young ; born October 29, 1808 in Acton , Maine , † September 18, 1866 in Erie , Pennsylvania ) was an American Roman Catholic clergyman. Young was bishop of the Diocese of Erie .
Life
Joshua Maria Young belonged to an extended family; he had nine siblings, six sisters and three brothers. The son of Jonathan and Mehetable Young was originally a congregationalist and thus belonged to the Protestant denomination . In 1816, at the age of eight, Young moved to live with his uncle in Saco , Maine. In Portland in 1823 he became an apprentice in a printing works . After he got in contact with Catholic books through a work colleague, he decided to convert . In October 1828, at the age of 20, he was finally baptized according to Catholic custom . He then took the middle name Maria .
To prepare for the priesthood , Young moved to Cincinnati , Ohio in 1830 . Here he worked briefly as editor and publisher of The Catholic Telegraph . He attended Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg , Maryland and received on April 1, 1838 by Bishop John Baptist Purcell , the ordination .
After serving as a missionary to the indigenous tribes of the western United States, Young became a chaplain at St. Mary's Church in Lancaster , Ohio. As theological advisor to Bishop Purcell, Young attended the First Baltimore Plenary Council in 1853 .
On July 29, 1853, Pope Pius IX appointed Young as second bishop of the Diocese of Erie. The episcopal ordination donated to him on April 23, 1854 Bishop Purcell and the co-consecrators, the bishops Martin John Spalding and Louis Amadeus Rappe .
During his twelve-year tenure as bishop, he was an opponent of slavery during the war of civil secession . When an oil well was discovered in Titusville in 1859 and a major oil rush broke out, Young had to build numerous churches along the Allegheny River for the Catholic settlers . While at the beginning of his term of office there were still 28 Catholic churches in his diocese, by the end there were already more than 50. At the same time he founded numerous Catholic schools and orphanages.
Bishop Young died unexpectedly, only 57 years old.
Web links
- Entry on Joshua Maria Young on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved August 19, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Michael O'Connor |
Bishop of Erie 1854–1866 |
Tobias Mullen |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Young, Joshua Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Young, Joshua Moody |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Roman Catholic clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Acton , Maine |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 18, 1866 |
| Place of death | Erie , Pennsylvania |