Michael Logue
Michael Cardinal Logue (born October 1, 1840 in Duringings, Kilmacrenan , † November 19, 1924 in Armagh ) was Archbishop of Armagh and Cardinal of the Roman Church .
Life
He was born in his mother's home village duringings . The son of the blacksmith Michael Logue and his wife Catherine Durnings attended St Patrick's College in Maynooth from 1857 to 1866 , where his intelligence earned him the nickname North Star . Before he was ordained a priest, he was sent by the Irish bishops to the Irish College in Paris as a professor of theology and belles lettres in 1866 . He received in December of that year, the sacrament of Holy Orders .
Logue remained on the faculty of the Irish College until 1874 when he returned to his home as Parish Administrator in Letterkenny . In 1876 he was appointed Professor of Dogmatics and Irish and Dean of Maynooth College .
On May 13, 1879, he was appointed Bishop of Raphoe . The Archbishop of Armagh, Daniel McGettigan , donated to him on July 20 of the same year in the Cathedral of St. Eunan and St. Columba , the episcopal ordination ; Co- consecrators were James Donnelly , Bishop of Clogher , and Francis Kelly , Bishop of Derry . He was a fundraiser during the Irish famine of 1879 which never developed into a major famine due to major food donations and government intervention. He took advantage of the Intermediate Act of 1878 to expand the Catholic high school in Letterkenny. He was also instrumental in the Irish abstinence movement to discourage alcohol consumption.
On April 18, 1887, he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh and Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus . After Daniel McGettigan's death, he succeeded him as Archbishop of Armagh on December 3 of the same year, becoming Primate of All Ireland. Pope Leo XIII. took him on January 16, 1893 as a cardinal priest in the college of cardinals and he received the titular church of Santa Maria della Pace on January 19 of the same year . He was the first Archbishop of Armagh to be promoted to cardinal. He participated in the conclaves in 1903 , 1914 and 1922 , which the Popes Pius X , Benedict XV. and Pius XI. chose. Logue was responsible for completing the Victorian Gothic Revival St. Patrick's Cathedral in Armagh. He dedicated the new cathedral that dominates Armagh on July 24, 1904.
Logue was a public supporter of the Irish Home Rule and approved the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921. Logue was more politically conservative than Archbishop William Joseph Walsh , which created tension between Armagh and Dublin.
Michael Logue died in the Ara Coeli , the archbishop's residence, and was buried in the crypt of his cathedral.
Web links
- Logue, Michael. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed May 15, 2013.
- Entry to Michael Logue on catholic-hierarchy.org
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| James MacDevitt |
Bishop of Raphoe 1879–1887 |
Patrick Joseph O'Donnell |
| Daniel McGettigan |
Archbishop of Armagh 1887-1924 |
Patrick Joseph O'Donnell |
| James Gibbons |
Cardinal Protopriest 1921-1924 |
Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Logue, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Logue, Michael Cardinal |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catholic theologian and cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Duringings, Kilmacrenan |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 19, 1924 |
| Place of death | Armagh |