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Hughes, John (Joseph) (1797–1864) Catholic prelate; born in County Tyrone, Ireland. Emigrating to the U.S.A. in 1817 and ordained in 1826, he did pastoral work in Philadelphia, and after becoming coadjutor bishop of New York (1838), succeeded four years later to the see, which was made an archdiocese in 1850. He founded St. John's (now Fordham) College (1841), set up an ambitious parochial school system, helped found the American College in Rome, and began construction of St. Patrick's Cathedral (1858). In 1861 he went on a mission to France seeking friendship for the North in the Civil War. He is now recognized as having played a crucial role in both securing Catholics' rights in the U.S.A. and in helping Catholics become integrated into American society. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Having served up a main course of Tracy, Kate Remembered gives us some decorous dish on Hepburn's dalliances with Howard Hughes, John Ford, and George Stevens. Clarksville 1837 PA Clarksville Hughes, John Morrow 1815 KY Morrow Kersey, S. Since its founding in 1987, the festival (the largest of its kind in the country) has presented more than 1000 performance artists from several countries, including such controversial and important artists as Karen Finley, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Tim Miller, Holly Hughes, John Fleck, Rachel Rosenthal, Annie Sprinkle, Linda Montano, Ping Chong and Seiji Shimoda. |
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