(1801-1854) Missionary, born Waterford, Ireland; died Savannah, Georgia. He was appointed titular Bishop of Constantia and Vicar Apostolic of the Two Guineas; became pastor of Saint Mary's, Philadelphia, and president of Saint Charles Borromeo's Theological Seminary; and spent five years caring for the Negro Catholics of Liberia.
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