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John Francis Cunningham (bishop)

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The Right Reverend

John Francis Cunningham
Bishop of Concordia
ChurchCatholic
DioceseConcordia
Appointed14 May 1898
PredecessorRichard Scannell
SuccessorFrancis Joseph Tief
Orders
OrdinationAugust 8, 1865
by John Baptist Miège
ConsecrationSeptember 21, 1898
by John Joseph Kain
Personal details
Born(1842-06-20)June 20, 1842
DiedJune 23, 1919(1919-06-23) (aged 77)
Concordia, Kansas, United States

John Francis Cunningham (June 20, 1842 – June 23, 1919) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Concordia from 1898 until his death in 1919.

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Life

John Cunningham was born in Irremore, County Kerry, and received his early education in Listowel.[1] After coming to the United States in 1860, he enrolled at St. Benedict's College in Atchison, Kansas.[2] He completed his theological studies at St. Francis' Seminary in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,[3] and was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John Baptiste Miège, S.J., on August 8, 1865.[4]

Cunningham carried out his priestly ministry in the Diocese of Leavenworth, where was charged by Bishop Louis Mary Fink, O.S.B., with securing funds to pay off the remaining debt on the cathedral and with helping Kansan settlers during the depressed economy of the period.[2] He was pastor of the Church of the Assumption in Topeka from 1877 until 1881, when he became vicar general.[1] He also served as rector of the cathedral.[2]

On May 14, 1898, Cunningham was appointed the second Bishop of Concordia by Pope Leo XIII.[4] He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 21 from Archbishop John Joseph Kain, with Bishops John Joseph Hennessy and Thomas Bonacum serving as co-consecrators, at Leavenworth.[4] Described as the "Diocesan Builder,"[2] Cunningham erected 54 churches, 22 schools, and three hospitals during his tenure.[3] He also dedicated the cathedral and laid the cornerstone for the Nazareth Motherhouse in 1902, and founded Hays Catholic College and St. Joseph's Orphanage in addition to several rectories and convents.[2]

Cunningham died after an extended illness, aged 76. He was buried in the Nazareth Cemetery at Concordia.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b O'Donnell, John Hugh. "CUNNINGHAM, JOHN FRANCIS". The Catholic Hierarchy of the United States, 1790-1922.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Bishop John F. Cunningham: 1898-1919". Roman Catholic Diocese of Salina. Archived from the original on 2010-05-24.
  3. ^ a b "Diocese of Concordia". Catholic Encyclopedia.
  4. ^ a b c "Bishop John Francis Cunningham". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.

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1898–1919
Succeeded by
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