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748: 361: 613: 369: 1220: 469:, who became Dubuque's first archbishop. Before his death in 1900, Hennessy requested that a mortuary chapel be built to serve as a final resting place for bishops and archbishops of Dubuque. In 1902 the mortuary chapel was completed. Smyth's body was brought to the cathedral, and reburied in the mortuary chapel. 254:, also known as the Trappists. He was ordained a priest at the abbey on May 29, 1841. Father Smyth founded a school for boys at Mount Melleray and another school developed outside the abbey gates for girls. Because of the devastation brought about by the 380:. Loras' health continued to decline, but he was well enough to hold the first Mass in the new cathedral on Christmas Day, 1857. Just under two months later, Loras died, February 20, 1858. On that day, Smyth succeeded Loras as the second bishop of Dubuque. 50: 266:, along with another monk were sent to establish a new monastery. The property was deemed unsuitable, as well as other property the small community looked at in both the United States and Canada. Eventually they came to the 1255: 644: 310:
and Coadjutor Bishop of Dubuque. Because of the time involved in sending communications, the papers from Rome did not arrive in Dubuque until April, 1857. On May 9, 1857, Smyth was consecrated by
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while O'Reagan went to Rome to resign his see. For the six months he served in this position, he resided in Dubuque and traveled to Chicago by train. He had to deal with an
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in Ireland in the 1840s the community started looking for a place in North America for a new abbey where the monks could farm the land. A place near
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newspaper and a friend and an advisor to Loras, Dennis A. Mahoney. Smyth, unlike Loras who had spent many years as a missionary in
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Smyth was known for his deep piety and boundless charity. He would oversee the continued expansion of the church's presence in
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One of the most outspoken critics of President Lincoln and the abolitionists was the editor of the local
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Smyth led the diocese for seven years until his death on September 22, 1865. He was succeeded by
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according to Loras' wishes. He was again appointed prior of the monastery on December 6, 1849.
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as immigration continued into the state. Because of difficult economic times and the
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Shortly after his episcopal consecration, Smyth was assigned administrator of the
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After his consecration as bishop, Smyth directed the construction of the present
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area where the Trappists were invited to establish a monastery in the diocese by
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sympathies. In 1863 Smyth learned of the existence of the pro-Southern
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A history of the Catholic church within the limits of the United States
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New Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. IV (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967) 1084
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Loras realized that his health was failing and he requested a
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The Altar of the Mortuary Chapel at St. Raphael's Cathedral
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in 1838. He professed religious vows as a member of the
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19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
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Timothy Smyth was born on February 24, 1810, in Finlea,
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Seasons of Growth: History of the Diocese of Davenport
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Shea. p.  262:was acquired and Father Smyth, as 14: 1271:Roman Catholic bishops of Dubuque 1083:Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey 900:Saints Peter and Paul, Petersburg 106:Prior of New Melleray (1849–1857) 1218: 867:Saint Joseph the Worker, Dubuque 809:St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque 532:"CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Dubuque" 614:Works by or about Clement Smyth 238:, Ireland. He was educated at 73: 489:Schmidt, Madeleine M. (1981). 1: 1047:St. Mary's School, Guttenberg 910:Saint Joseph's Prairie Church 334:, served as co-consecrators. 1062:St. Luke's School, St. Lucas 1057:Sacred Heart School, Dubuque 959:St. Pius X Seminary, Dubuque 824:St. John XXIII, Cedar Rapids 425:Knights of the Golden Circle 244:Brothers of the Presentation 1005:Newman Catholic High School 561:Shea, John Gilmary (1892). 372:Smyth's final resting place 298:. 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The Right Reverend
OCSO
Bishop of Dubuque

Catholic Church
Mathias Loras
John Hennessy
Peter Richard Kenrick
Archbishop of St. Louis
County Clare
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Dubuque, Iowa
OCSO
Catholic Church
bishop
Diocese of Dubuque
Mathias Loras
County Clare
Trinity College, Dublin
Brothers of the Presentation
Mount Melleray Abbey
Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance
Great Famine
Bedford, Pennsylvania
prior
Dubuque, Iowa
Mathias Loras
Bishop of Dubuque
New Melleray
coadjutor

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