Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke
Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke (born January 10, 1840 in Swinford , County Mayo , Ireland , † January 20, 1915 in Albany , USA ) was Bishop of Albany .
Life
Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke attended St. Michael's College in Toronto . Burke then studied philosophy and Catholic theology at St. Charles College in Ellicott City , Maryland and at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore . He received on 30 June 1864, the sacrament of Holy Orders .
Then Burke was curate of St. John's Church in Albany. In 1865 he became the pastor of this parish . Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke became vicar general of the Albany diocese in 1887 .
On May 11, 1894, Pope Leo XIII appointed him . to the Bishop of Albany. The Archbishop of New York , Michael Augustine Corrigan , donated him episcopal ordination on July 1 of the same year in the Cathedral Immaculate Conception in Albany ; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Rochester , Bernard Joseph John McQuaid , and the Bishop of Syracuse , Patrick Anthony Ludden .
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Francis McNeirny |
Bishop of Albany 1894–1915 |
Thomas Francis Cusack |
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| SURNAME | Burke, Thomas Martin Aloysius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish clergyman, Bishop of Albany |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Swinford , County Mayo, Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 1915 |
| Place of death | Albany , USA |