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Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke KGCHS (January 10, 1840 – January 20, 1915) was an Irish-born clergyman of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Albany from 1894 until his death in 1915.
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| Born | January 10, 1840 Swinford, Ireland |
| Died | January 20, 1915 (aged 75) Albany, New York |
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| Occupation | Clergyman |
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Biography edit
Thomas Burke was born in Swinford, County Mayo, and came to the United States with his father, a physician, in 1850, settling in Utica, New York.[1] He received his early education under the Christian Brothers in Utica, and attended St. Michael's College in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[2] In 1856, he entered St. Charles College in Ellicott City, Maryland, where he befriended his classmate James Gibbons.[2] He completed his theological studies at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore.[1]
Burke was ordained to the priesthood on June 30, 1864.[3] He then served as a curate at St. John's Church in Albany until 1865, when he succeeded John J. Conroy as pastor of St. Joseph's Church in the same city.[1] He became vicar general under Bishop Francis McNierney in 1887, and was named a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre in 1890.[2]
On May 15, 1894, Burke was appointed the fourth Bishop of Albany by Pope Leo XIII.[3] He received his episcopal consecration on the following July 1 from Archbishop Michael Corrigan, with Bishops Bernard John McQuaid and Patrick Anthony Ludden serving as co-consecrators, in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.[3] During his administration, he enlarged the Boys' Asylum in Albany, reduced diocesan debt, and renovated the cathedral.[4]
He died in Albany at age 75.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b c Herbermann, Charles George, ed. (1915). Historical Records and Studies. Vol. VIII. New York: United States Catholic Historical Society.
- ^ a b c "Bishop of Albany Diocese; Appointment at Rome of the Very Rev. T.M.A. Burke". The New York Times. May 19, 1894.
- ^ a b c "Bishop Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- ^ "Albany". Catholic Encyclopedia.
- ^ "Bishop Burke Dies Suddenly at Albany". Brooklyn Standard Union. Albany. January 21, 1915. p. 13. Retrieved August 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
External links edit
- Works by or about Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke at Internet Archive
- Biographical sketch from Vol. I, pp. 232–238 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911).