Patrick Anthony Ludden
{{Short description|Irish-born prelate}}
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| ordination = May 21, 1864
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Patrick Anthony Ludden (February 4, 1836 – August 6, 1912) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the new Diocese of Syracuse in New York from 1887 until his death in 1912.
Biography
= Early life =
Patrick Ludden was born on February 4, 1836, in Breaffy, near Castlebar, County Mayo, in Ireland to Anthony and Ellen (née Fitzgerald) Ludden.{{cite news|work=Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse|title=Most Rev. Patrick Anthony Ludden|url=https://www.syracusediocese.org/about-us/bishop-robert-j-cunningham/past-bishops/#grimes}} He graduated from St. Jarlath's College in Tuam, Ireland in 1861. Ludden then went to Canada to enter the Grand Seminary of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec.{{cite book|title=Historical Records and Studies|url=https://archive.org/details/historicalrecor04socigoog|publisher=United States Catholic Historical Society}}
After completing his theological studies, Ludden was ordained to the priesthood in Montreal for the Diocese of Albany by Bishop Ignace Bourget on May 21, 1864.{{cite news|work=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|title=Bishop Patrick Anthony Ludden|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bludden.html}}{{Self-published source|date=March 2015}} After his ordination, Ludden went to the United States, where he first served as rector of St. Joseph's Church in Malone, New York. He served as secretary to Bishop John McCloskey.[https://www.ouririshheritage.org/content/archive/people/101_mayo_people/religion/bishop-patrick-anthony-ludden "Bishop Patrick Anthony Ludden", Our Irish Heritage] He was later named chancellor of the diocese, and accompanied Bishop John J. Conroy as his theologian to the First Vatican Council in Rome. In 1872, Ludden became rector of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany, New York, and vicar general of the diocese. He was named rector of St. Peter's Church in Troy, New York, in 1880.{{cite news|work=Catholic Encyclopedia|title=Syracuse|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14397a.htm}}
= Bishop of Syracuse =
On December 14, 1886, Ludden was appointed the first bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Syracuse by Pope Leo XIII. He received his episcopal consecration on May 1, 1887, from Archbishop Michael Corrigan, with Bishops Bernard McQuaid and Francis McNeirny serving as co-consecrators. During his 25-year-long tenure, he presided over a period of great growth in the young diocese.[https://www.cnyhistory.org/2015/08/patrick-ludden/ "Patrick Ludden, the first Bishop of Syracuse, Passes Away", Onondaga Historical Association]
At the time of Ludden's arrival, the diocese contained 70,000 Catholics, 74 priests, 46 parishes, 20 mission churches, and 16 parochial schools. By the time of his death, there were over 150,000 Catholics, 129 priests, 80 parishes, 36 mission churches, and 21 parochial schools. He selected St. Mary's Church in Syracuse as his new cathedral in 1903, and dedicated it in September 1910. In 1911, Ludden gained a degree of notoriety when he declared that the deadlock in the New York Legislature over the election of William F. Sheehan to the United States Senate was due to anti-Catholicism. Sheehan was later defeated.{{cite news|date=1912-08-07|work=The New York Times|title=Bishop Ludden Dead at 76}}
Bishop Ludden donated an altar to the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Castlebar, County Mayo.
= Death and legacy =
Patrick Ludden died at his residence in Syracuse, New York, on August 12, 1912, at age 74. He is buried in the crypt of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse. Bishop Ludden Junior/Senior High School in Syracuse is named after him.
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External links
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Category:19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States