. Leslie's history of the greater New York . ^/^i- 516 HISTORY OF THE GREATER NEW YORK. McCLOSKEY, JOHN, was appointed Coadjutor to Bishop Hughesin 184:4, and on Mav 6, 1864, succeeded him as Arclibishop of the Eoman Catholic Archdiocese of NewYork. He placed the Catholic Pro-tectoiy on a firm foundation, andcarried St. Patricks Cathedral tocompletion. IVfanT churches wereeiected under his administration,many institutions organized, andmany new Catholic ordere intro-duced in the city. ()n April 27, 1875,he was made Cardinal, New Yorkthus becoming the See of the firstAmerican Cardinal. The Cath
. Leslie's history of the greater New York . ^/^i- 516 HISTORY OF THE GREATER NEW YORK. McCLOSKEY, JOHN, was appointed Coadjutor to Bishop Hughesin 184:4, and on Mav 6, 1864, succeeded him as Arclibishop of the Eoman Catholic Archdiocese of NewYork. He placed the Catholic Pro-tectoiy on a firm foundation, andcarried St. Patricks Cathedral tocompletion. IVfanT churches wereeiected under his administration,many institutions organized, andmany new Catholic ordere intro-duced in the city. ()n April 27, 1875,he was made Cardinal, New Yorkthus becoming the See of the firstAmerican Cardinal. The CatholicUnion and the Catholic Club wereformed during this period. Upon thedeath of Pope Pius IX., in 1878, Car-dinal McCloskey was summoned tothe conclave of cardinals at Leo XIII. was elected, how-ever, before he arrived, (.ardinal McCloskey died October 10, MacCEACKEN, henry M1T(;HELL, was born at Oxford, Ohio,September 28,1840, his paternal great-grandfathers, of Scotch descent,being Kevolutionary soldiers. Being graduated from Miami Univer-sity at the age of sixteen, he taught the classics, and was superintend-ent of a school. He studied theology two years at the United Presby-terian Seminai*y at Xenia, Oliio, and in 1SC3 was graduated at Prince-ton. For four years Pastor of the Westminster Church of Columbus,Ohio, he was one of the Committee of Three of the Ohio Synod, whofounded the University of Wooster in 18G6. In 18G7 he was a delegateto the Free Church Association of Edinburgh and the Assembly atDublin. Eesigning his pastorate, he studied a winter at the universi-ties of Tiibingen and Berlin. On his return he became Pastor of aPresbyterian church in Toledo, Ohio. He proposed the PresbyterianTer-centenary celebration of 1872 in the General Assembly of 1881 he became Chancellor of the Western University of Pennsyl-vania, as
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