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Bernard John McQuaid
Bernard John McQuaid (December 15, 1823 – January 18, 1909) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the first and longest-serving bishop of the Diocese of Rochester in New York State, serving from 1868 until his death. He previously served as the first president of Seton Hall University in New Jersey (1856-1868).
As a bishop, McQuaid was a leading voice of the American church's conservative wing. He publicly clashed with the liberal-minded Archbishop John Ireland and vigorously opposed Americanism in the Catholic Church in the United States.
Bernard McQuaid was born on December 15, 1823, in New York City to Bernard and Mary (née Maguire) McQuaid, both natives of Ireland. Shortly after his birth, he moved with his parents to Paulus Hook, New Jersey (later incorporated as Jersey City), where his father worked in a glass factory operated by the brothers George and Phineas C. Dummer. Bernard's mother died in 1827, when he was three years old. The first mass in Paulus Hook was celebrated in the McQuaid home in 1929.
In 1832, McQuaid's father was killed by a fellow factory worker; the eight-year-old Bernard was placed in the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum in Lower Manhattan, staffed by the Sisters of Charity. In 1839, McQuaid left the orphanage to prepare for the priesthood at the Mary Immaculate Juniorate, the minor seminary in Chambly, Quebec. McQuaid returned to New York City in 1843, entering St. Joseph Seminary in the Bronx.
As a seminarian, McQuaid suffered from a severe case of tuberculosis. Many years later, he recounted that "friends expected to put me under the sod." However, McQuaid eventually recovered and noted "I have downed them all." In addition to his studies at the seminary, he served as a tutor at St. John's College in Queens, New York.
McQuaid was ordained a priest for the Diocese of New York on January 16, 1848, by Bishop John Hughes at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in Manhattan. At that time, the Diocese of New York included Northern New Jersey. Hughes initially planned to assign McQuaid to St. Mary's Parish in Manhattan. However, Hughes's secretary, Reverend James Roosevelt Bayley, convinced Hughes that a posting outside the city would be better for McQuaid's health. Hughes then named McQuaid as an assistant pastor at St. Vincent's Parish in Madison, New Jersey. Four months later, Quaid was named pastor at St. Vincent.
St. Vincent's Parish in the late 1840s covered all of Morris, Sussex, and Warren Counties in New Jersey as well as parts of Union and Essex Counties. McQuaid bought two horses and carriages to travel through this expansive territory. In town without Catholic churches, he celebrated masses in private homes and hotel ballrooms. He erected Assumption Church, the first Catholic church in Morristown, New Jersey, in 1848 followed by St. Rose of Lima Church in Springfield, New Jersey, in 1852. In 1849, McQuaid opened the first permanent Catholic parochial school in New Jersey at St. Vincent's, with another school the next year in Assumption Parish. Of these two accomplishments, McQuaid later wrote,
"I feel prouder...that so many years ago I founded and established, and carried along successfully the humble parochial schools of Madison and Morristown than I ever felt at having established Seton Hall College and Seminary."
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Bernard John McQuaid
Bernard John McQuaid (December 15, 1823 – January 18, 1909) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the first and longest-serving bishop of the Diocese of Rochester in New York State, serving from 1868 until his death. He previously served as the first president of Seton Hall University in New Jersey (1856-1868).
As a bishop, McQuaid was a leading voice of the American church's conservative wing. He publicly clashed with the liberal-minded Archbishop John Ireland and vigorously opposed Americanism in the Catholic Church in the United States.
Bernard McQuaid was born on December 15, 1823, in New York City to Bernard and Mary (née Maguire) McQuaid, both natives of Ireland. Shortly after his birth, he moved with his parents to Paulus Hook, New Jersey (later incorporated as Jersey City), where his father worked in a glass factory operated by the brothers George and Phineas C. Dummer. Bernard's mother died in 1827, when he was three years old. The first mass in Paulus Hook was celebrated in the McQuaid home in 1929.
In 1832, McQuaid's father was killed by a fellow factory worker; the eight-year-old Bernard was placed in the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum in Lower Manhattan, staffed by the Sisters of Charity. In 1839, McQuaid left the orphanage to prepare for the priesthood at the Mary Immaculate Juniorate, the minor seminary in Chambly, Quebec. McQuaid returned to New York City in 1843, entering St. Joseph Seminary in the Bronx.
As a seminarian, McQuaid suffered from a severe case of tuberculosis. Many years later, he recounted that "friends expected to put me under the sod." However, McQuaid eventually recovered and noted "I have downed them all." In addition to his studies at the seminary, he served as a tutor at St. John's College in Queens, New York.
McQuaid was ordained a priest for the Diocese of New York on January 16, 1848, by Bishop John Hughes at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in Manhattan. At that time, the Diocese of New York included Northern New Jersey. Hughes initially planned to assign McQuaid to St. Mary's Parish in Manhattan. However, Hughes's secretary, Reverend James Roosevelt Bayley, convinced Hughes that a posting outside the city would be better for McQuaid's health. Hughes then named McQuaid as an assistant pastor at St. Vincent's Parish in Madison, New Jersey. Four months later, Quaid was named pastor at St. Vincent.
St. Vincent's Parish in the late 1840s covered all of Morris, Sussex, and Warren Counties in New Jersey as well as parts of Union and Essex Counties. McQuaid bought two horses and carriages to travel through this expansive territory. In town without Catholic churches, he celebrated masses in private homes and hotel ballrooms. He erected Assumption Church, the first Catholic church in Morristown, New Jersey, in 1848 followed by St. Rose of Lima Church in Springfield, New Jersey, in 1852. In 1849, McQuaid opened the first permanent Catholic parochial school in New Jersey at St. Vincent's, with another school the next year in Assumption Parish. Of these two accomplishments, McQuaid later wrote,
"I feel prouder...that so many years ago I founded and established, and carried along successfully the humble parochial schools of Madison and Morristown than I ever felt at having established Seton Hall College and Seminary."