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James Duggan (May 22, 1825 – March 27, 1899) was an Irish-born American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Chicago from 1859 until his resignation in 1880. However, from 1869 to 1880, he was held in a sanatorium in Missouri due to insanity.
Duggan previously served as coadjutor Archbishop of St. Louis from 1857 to 1859.
James Duggan was born on May 22, 1825, in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland, a clothier's son. At the invitation of Bishop Peter Kenrick, recruiting young men to fill the need for priests in Missouri, he emigrated to the United States in 1842, to complete studies for the priesthood at St. Vincent's Seminary in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Duggan was ordained a priest for the Diocese of St. Louis by Kenrick in St. Louis on May 29, 1847.
In November 1853, Bishop James Van Velde left the Diocese of Chicago after Pope Pius IX appointed him as bishop of the Diocese of Natchez in Mississippi. Duggan was named as the temporary administrator of the diocese, serving until the installation of Anthony O'Regan in late 1854 as the new bishop. After Duggan returned to St. Louis, Kenrick appointed him as vicar general.
Duggan was appointed as coadjutor archbishop of St. Louis and titular bishop of Gabala by Pope Pius IX on January 9, 1857, to assist Kenrick. On May 3, 1857, Kenrick consecrated Duggan at the Cathedral of St. Louis in St. Louis.
While coadjutor archbishop, Duggan also served as administrator of Chicago for a second time when Pius IX accepted O'Regan's resignation in June 1858 for health reasons. When Duggan became administrator, the city was still recovering financially from the Panic of 1857. In addition, there was a great deal of animosity among parishioners toward past bishops. The French-Canadian Catholic community believed that Bishop Anthony O'Regan had stolen their parish property. The German immigrants, the largest Catholic community in the diocese, resented that the pope had chosen O'Regan, an Irish cleric, as their bishop.
On January 21, 1859, Pius IX appointed Duggan as the fourth bishop of Chicago at age 34. That same year, Duggan founded the House of the Good Shepherd in Chicago for what were termed "delinquent women." Its operation was given to the religious sisters of the Sisters of the Holy Cross.
James Duggan
James Duggan (May 22, 1825 – March 27, 1899) was an Irish-born American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Chicago from 1859 until his resignation in 1880. However, from 1869 to 1880, he was held in a sanatorium in Missouri due to insanity.
Duggan previously served as coadjutor Archbishop of St. Louis from 1857 to 1859.
James Duggan was born on May 22, 1825, in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland, a clothier's son. At the invitation of Bishop Peter Kenrick, recruiting young men to fill the need for priests in Missouri, he emigrated to the United States in 1842, to complete studies for the priesthood at St. Vincent's Seminary in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Duggan was ordained a priest for the Diocese of St. Louis by Kenrick in St. Louis on May 29, 1847.
In November 1853, Bishop James Van Velde left the Diocese of Chicago after Pope Pius IX appointed him as bishop of the Diocese of Natchez in Mississippi. Duggan was named as the temporary administrator of the diocese, serving until the installation of Anthony O'Regan in late 1854 as the new bishop. After Duggan returned to St. Louis, Kenrick appointed him as vicar general.
Duggan was appointed as coadjutor archbishop of St. Louis and titular bishop of Gabala by Pope Pius IX on January 9, 1857, to assist Kenrick. On May 3, 1857, Kenrick consecrated Duggan at the Cathedral of St. Louis in St. Louis.
While coadjutor archbishop, Duggan also served as administrator of Chicago for a second time when Pius IX accepted O'Regan's resignation in June 1858 for health reasons. When Duggan became administrator, the city was still recovering financially from the Panic of 1857. In addition, there was a great deal of animosity among parishioners toward past bishops. The French-Canadian Catholic community believed that Bishop Anthony O'Regan had stolen their parish property. The German immigrants, the largest Catholic community in the diocese, resented that the pope had chosen O'Regan, an Irish cleric, as their bishop.
On January 21, 1859, Pius IX appointed Duggan as the fourth bishop of Chicago at age 34. That same year, Duggan founded the House of the Good Shepherd in Chicago for what were termed "delinquent women." Its operation was given to the religious sisters of the Sisters of the Holy Cross.
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