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John T. McNicholas
John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. (December 15, 1877 – April 22, 1950) was an Irish-born American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Cincinnati from 1925 to 1950. He previously served as Bishop of Duluth from 1918 to 1925. McNicholas was a member of the Dominican Order.
Timothy McNicholas was born in Kiltimagh, County Mayo, the youngest of eight children of Patrick J. and Mary (née Mullany) McNicholas. In 1881, he and his family emigrated to the United States, where they settled in Chester, Pennsylvania. He received his early education at Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Chester, and then attended St. Joseph's Preparatory College in Philadelphia.
In 1894, at age 17, McNicholas entered the Order of Friars Preachers (more commonly known as the Dominicans) at St. Rose Priory in Springfield, Kentucky. He continued his studies at St. Joseph Priory in Somerset, Ohio.
McNicholas was ordained to the priesthood at St. Joseph Priory by Bishop Henry K. Moeller on October 10, 1901. Following his ordination, the Dominicans sent McNicholas to Rome to study at their studium at the Basilica Santa Maria sopra Minerva. He obtained a Doctor of Sacred Theology degree from there in 1904.
McNicholas returned to Ohio later in 1904 and was appointed master of novices at St. Joseph Priory. The following year, the Dominicans sent him to Immaculate Conception College in Washington, D.C., where he served as regent of studies and professor of philosophy, theology, and canon law. He contributed a number of articles to the Catholic Encyclopedia.
In 1909, McNicholas was appointed the national director of the Holy Name Society, headquartered in New York City. He also served as the first editor of the Holy Name Journal and as pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Manhattan He returned to Rome in 1917 to become an assistant to the master of the Order of Preachers and a professor of theology and canon law at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas.
On July 18, 1918, McNicholas was appointed the second bishop of Duluth by Pope Benedict XV. He received his episcopal consecration in Rome at the Santa Maria sopra Minerva on September 8, 1918, from Cardinal Tommaso Pio Boggiani, with Archbishop Bonaventura Cerretti and Bishop Hermann Esser serving as co-consecrators. His installation took place in Duluth on November 15, 1918. The Vatican raised McNicholas to the rank of an assistant at the pontifical throne in 1923.
In May 1925, Pope Pius XI named McNicholas as bishop of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. He was succeeding Bishop Joseph Chartrand, whom the pope appointed as archbishop of Cincinnati. However, Chartrand rejected his appointment. Instead, Pius XI appointed McNicholas as the fourth archbishop of Cincinnati on July 8, 1925. His installation took place at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral in Cincinnati on August 12, 1925.
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John T. McNicholas
John Timothy McNicholas, O.P. (December 15, 1877 – April 22, 1950) was an Irish-born American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Cincinnati from 1925 to 1950. He previously served as Bishop of Duluth from 1918 to 1925. McNicholas was a member of the Dominican Order.
Timothy McNicholas was born in Kiltimagh, County Mayo, the youngest of eight children of Patrick J. and Mary (née Mullany) McNicholas. In 1881, he and his family emigrated to the United States, where they settled in Chester, Pennsylvania. He received his early education at Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Chester, and then attended St. Joseph's Preparatory College in Philadelphia.
In 1894, at age 17, McNicholas entered the Order of Friars Preachers (more commonly known as the Dominicans) at St. Rose Priory in Springfield, Kentucky. He continued his studies at St. Joseph Priory in Somerset, Ohio.
McNicholas was ordained to the priesthood at St. Joseph Priory by Bishop Henry K. Moeller on October 10, 1901. Following his ordination, the Dominicans sent McNicholas to Rome to study at their studium at the Basilica Santa Maria sopra Minerva. He obtained a Doctor of Sacred Theology degree from there in 1904.
McNicholas returned to Ohio later in 1904 and was appointed master of novices at St. Joseph Priory. The following year, the Dominicans sent him to Immaculate Conception College in Washington, D.C., where he served as regent of studies and professor of philosophy, theology, and canon law. He contributed a number of articles to the Catholic Encyclopedia.
In 1909, McNicholas was appointed the national director of the Holy Name Society, headquartered in New York City. He also served as the first editor of the Holy Name Journal and as pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Manhattan He returned to Rome in 1917 to become an assistant to the master of the Order of Preachers and a professor of theology and canon law at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas.
On July 18, 1918, McNicholas was appointed the second bishop of Duluth by Pope Benedict XV. He received his episcopal consecration in Rome at the Santa Maria sopra Minerva on September 8, 1918, from Cardinal Tommaso Pio Boggiani, with Archbishop Bonaventura Cerretti and Bishop Hermann Esser serving as co-consecrators. His installation took place in Duluth on November 15, 1918. The Vatican raised McNicholas to the rank of an assistant at the pontifical throne in 1923.
In May 1925, Pope Pius XI named McNicholas as bishop of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. He was succeeding Bishop Joseph Chartrand, whom the pope appointed as archbishop of Cincinnati. However, Chartrand rejected his appointment. Instead, Pius XI appointed McNicholas as the fourth archbishop of Cincinnati on July 8, 1925. His installation took place at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral in Cincinnati on August 12, 1925.