History Of Fordham University
The history of Fordham University spans over 175 years, from the university's beginnings as St. John's College in 1841, to its establishment as Fordham University, and to its clerical independence in the mid-twentieth century. Fordham is the oldest Catholic Church, Roman Catholic institution of higher education in the northeastern United States, and the third-oldest university in the state of New York (state), New York, after New York University and Columbia University. History Establishment as St. John's College In September 1840, the Ireland, Irish-born coadjutor bishop (later archbishop) of the Diocese of New York, the Most Reverend John Hughes (archbishop), John J. Hughes, purchased the bulk of Rose Hill Manor, a private farm in the village of Fordham, New York (located in present-day the Bronx, New York City), for slightly less than $30,000 with the intent of establishing St. Joseph's Seminary following the model of Mount Saint Mary's University of which he was an alumnus. ...
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