biography
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| (1786–1842)
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| biography:
| Catholic prelate, born in Cork, S Ireland. He became prominent in Ireland as a pastor, preacher, editor, and defender of Irish rights, before being consecrated bishop of the missionary diocese of Charleston, SC (1820), embracing the Carolinas and Georgia. A progressive, widely known for his efforts to counter anti-Catholic prejudice and champion the separation of Church and state, he founded and became editor (1822) of the nation's first Catholic weekly, the United States Catholic Miscellany. |
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