John Nicholas Galleher (February 17, 1839 – December 7, 1891) was third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana from 1880 to 1891.

Early life and education

Galleher was born on February 17, 1839, in Washington, Kentucky, to Corbin Galleher, a merchant and inn keeper, and Elizabeth Johnson Riley. He received his early education at Maysville, Kentucky and attended the

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from 1856 and 1858. Galleher served in the Confederate army under Simon Bolivar Buckner. After the war he commenced studies in Theology and practiced law in

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after which he attended the

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. In 1875 he earned the Doctor of Divinity from

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Ordained ministry

Galleher was ordained a deacon on June 7, 1868, in Christ Church Cathedral in Louisville, Kentucky by Bishop

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. He served as assistant in Christ Church Louisville. On May 30, 1869, he was ordained a priest by Bishop

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of Louisiana in Trinity Church,

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after which he became rector of the same church, a post he held till 1871. Later he was appointed rector of Memorial Church in

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and then rector of Zion Church in

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.(1886). ''The Living Church Annual and Clergy-list Quarterly'', p. 90. Young Churchman Company, Milwaukee, WI.

Episcopacy

Galleher was elected Bishop of Louisiana and consecrated on February 5, 1880, by Bishop William Mercer Green of Mississippi, and co-consecrated by

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of Alabama,

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of Missouri and

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of Kentucky. Galleher is mostly remembered as the minister who administered the last rites to

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. He died on December 7, 1891, in

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Personal life

Galleher married Charlotte Barbee in 1868 and together had 5 children.

Publications

Perry, William Stevens
John Nicholas Galleher
In: Episcopate in America - Sketches Biographical & Bibliographical of the Bishops of the American Church. 1895, p. 262-263.

References

External links

* 1839 births 1891 deaths University of Virginia alumni Bishops in Louisiana General Theological Seminary alumni 19th-century American Episcopalians Episcopal bishops of Louisiana 19th-century American clergy Burials at Cave Hill Cemetery {{US-Anglican-bishop-stub