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Edward Patrick Allen (March 17, 1853 – October 21, 1926) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Mobile from 1897 until his death in 1926.
Edward Patrick Allen (March 17, 1853 – October 21, 1926) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Mobile from 1897 until his death in 1926.
Biography
Edward Allen was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, to John and Mary (née Egan) Allen. His parents were both natives of King's County, Ireland. He received his early education in the public schools of his native city, and attended Lowell Commercial College before entering Mount St. Mary's Seminary inEmmitsburg
Emmitsburg is a town in Frederick County, Maryland, United States, south of the Mason-Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania. Founded in 1785, Emmitsburg is the home of Mount St. Mary's University. The town has two Catholic pilgrima ...
, Maryland. He earned a Master of Arts degree with honors in 1878, and remained at Mount St. Mary's for his theological studies. On December 17, 1881, he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Thomas A. Becker.
Allen then taught English and Greek at Mount St. Mary's until 1882, when he became a curate
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at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston
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. He was afterwards sent to Framingham, also serving as chaplain
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of the state reformatory in Sherborn. In 1884, he returned to Mount St. Mary's as its vice- president and treasurer. He was elected president of the same institution in June 1885. In 1889, he received a Doctor of Divinity
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degree from Georgetown University.
On April 19, 1897, Allen was appointed the fifth Bishop of Mobile, Alabama
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, by Pope Leo XIII. He received his episcopal
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*Of or relating to a bishop, an overseer in the Christian church
*Episcopate, the see of a bishop – a diocese
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consecration
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on the following May 16 from Cardinal James Gibbons, with Bishops Edward Fitzgerald and Matthew Harkins
Matthew A. Harkins (November 17, 1845 – May 25, 1921) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the second Bishop of Providence from 1887 until his death in 1921.
Biography
Matthew A. Harkins was born in Boston, M ...
serving as co-consecrators
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, in the Cathedral of the Assumption in Baltimore.
During Allen's administration, the Catholic population of the diocese increased from 18,000 to 48,000, and the number of priests more than doubled. He also established several new churches, hospitals, orphanages, and schools. The diocese was devastated by a major hurricane in September 1906; many churches were either totally or partially destroyed, but were rebuilt or repaired under Allen's direction. Deeply concerned for the African American community, he invited the Josephite Fathers
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(priests and brothers) headquartered i ...
to direct the black missions in the diocese, founded St. Joseph's College in order to "educate young colored men to be catechists and teachers," and sanctioned the establishment of the Knights of Peter Claver.
Allen died at age 73, and was buried in the crypt
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of the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Edward Patrick 1853 births 1926 deaths 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States People from Lowell, Massachusetts Roman Catholic bishops of Mobile Catholics from Massachusetts Knights of Peter Claver & Ladies Auxiliary American Roman Catholic bishops by contiguous area of the United States