Jeremiah O'Sullivan
{{Short description|Irish-born clergyman}}
{{For|the American lawyer|Jeremiah O'Sullivan (lawyer)}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| name = Jeremiah O'Sullivan
| title = Bishop of Mobile
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| church = Roman Catholic Church
| archdiocese =
| diocese =
| see = Mobile
| term = June 16, 1885 – August 10, 1896
| predecessor = Dominic Manucy
| successor = Edward Patrick Allen
| ordination = June 30, 1868
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| consecration = September 20, 1885
| consecrated_by = John Joseph Keane
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1842|2|6}}
| birth_place = Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1896|8|10|1842|2|6}}
| death_place = Mobile, Alabama, United States
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| honorific_prefix = Most Reverend
| ordained_by = Martin John Spalding
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Jeremiah O'Sullivan (February 6, 1842 – August 10, 1896) was an Irish-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Mobile from 1885 until his death in 1896.
Biography
Jeremiah O'Sullivan was born in Kanturk, County Cork, to John and Mary (née Ahern) O'Sullivan.{{cite book|last1=Owen|first1=Thomas McAdory|title=History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography|volume=IV|year=1921|publisher=The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company|location=Chicago}} He came to the United States in 1863, and entered St. Charles College in Ellicott City, Maryland.{{cite news|work=Catholic Encyclopedia|title=Mobile|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10410a.htm}} After completing his classical course, he made his theological studies at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore.{{cite news|work=Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile|title=The History of the Archdiocese of Mobile|url=http://www.mobilevocations.com/history.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214032048/http://www.mobilevocations.com/history.html|archive-date=2009-12-14}} He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Martin John Spalding on June 30, 1868.{{cite news|work=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|title=Bishop Jeremiah O'Sullivan|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bosul.html}}
His first assignment was as a curate under Rev. Placide Louis Chapelle at [http://www.stpatricksmd.org/ St. Peter's Church] in Rockville. He then served as a pastor in Westernport for nine years.{{cite book|last1=Shea|first1=John Gilmary|author-link1=John Gilmary Shea|title=The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church in the United States|url=https://archive.org/details/HierarchyOfTheCatholicChurchUSA|year=1886|location=New York}} During his time in Westernport, he erected a church and a convent for the Sisters of St. Joseph, under whose direction he placed the parochial school. He was afterwards sent to Washington, D.C., where he served as pastor of [http://www.saintpetersdc.org/ St. Peter's Church].
On June 16, 1885, O'Sullivan was appointed the fourth Bishop of Mobile, Alabama, by Pope Leo XIII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 20 from Archbishop James Gibbons, with Bishops John Joseph Keane and Henry P. Northrop serving as co-consecrators, at St. Peter's Church. His installation took place in Mobile on November 1 of that year. A gifted administrator, he was successful in restoring the financial status of the diocese. He also established several new churches, chapels, and schools, and oversaw the addition of two towers to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
O'Sullivan died at age 54, and is buried in the crypt of Immaculate Conception Cathedral.
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Category:19th-century Irish people
Category:Irish emigrants to the United States
Category:19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Mobile
Category:People from Westernport, Maryland