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Peter Richard Kenrick
Peter Richard Kenrick (August 17, 1806 – March 4, 1896) was an Irish Catholic priest who served as Bishop of St. Louis from 1843 to 1895. The see was made an archdiocese in 1847, when he was called as the first archbishop west of the Mississippi River. The archdiocese covered nearly all the territory of the Louisiana Purchase. He served in this position for nearly 50 years, until months before his death.
Kenrick was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, where he was educated at Maynooth College and ordained as a priest in 1832. He and his older brother Francis Kenrick both served all their lives as priests and officials in the Catholic Church in the United States. For a time they both served in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Peter Richard Kenrick was born in Dublin on August 17, 1806 to Thomas Kenrick and Jane Eustace Kenrick. His uncle, Reverend Richard Kenrick, was the curate of a Catholic church in Dublin. Reverend Francis Kenrick, Peter's brother, was also a priest.Thomas Kenrick, who worked as a scrivener, died in 1817.
After Thomas' death, Richard Kenrick helped educate Peter, who soon became a scrivener himself. During this period, Peter Kenrick worked with the poet James Clarence Mangan.Deciding to become a priest also, Peter Kenrick in 1827 entered the Royal College of St. Patrick, the major seminary for the Irish Catholic Church in Maynooth for five years of study.
Peter Kenrick was ordained to the priesthood on March 6, 1832 by Archbishop Daniel Murray of Dublin in chapel at St. Patrick's College. After his ordination, Peter Kenrick served as a curate at St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin and at a parish church in Rathmines. Francis, who had been serving as coadjutor bishop in the Diocese of Philadelphia since 1830, urged Peter to come work with him. However, Peter would not consider leaving Ireland until their mother died in 1832.
Peter Kenrick embarked from Liverpool, England, on September 4, 1833 on the ship New York. He arrived in New York City on October 7th, then immediately proceeded to Philadelphia.Peter then accompanied Francis to the Second Provincial Council, a meeting of bishops in Baltimore, Maryland.
After the council, Peter joined the faculty of the St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia. He and Francis were the only professors. In 1834, Peter Kenrick was named as assistant pastor at St. Mary's Church in Philadelphia. Since the parish trustees had fought with Francis a few years early, he wanted someone he could trust on the staff there.
Francis sent Peter to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in November 1837 to investigate the creation of a new diocese there. For the next three months, Peter served as pastor at St. Paul Parish in that city. He reported to Francis that the city was ready for a diocese.
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Peter Richard Kenrick
Peter Richard Kenrick (August 17, 1806 – March 4, 1896) was an Irish Catholic priest who served as Bishop of St. Louis from 1843 to 1895. The see was made an archdiocese in 1847, when he was called as the first archbishop west of the Mississippi River. The archdiocese covered nearly all the territory of the Louisiana Purchase. He served in this position for nearly 50 years, until months before his death.
Kenrick was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, where he was educated at Maynooth College and ordained as a priest in 1832. He and his older brother Francis Kenrick both served all their lives as priests and officials in the Catholic Church in the United States. For a time they both served in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Peter Richard Kenrick was born in Dublin on August 17, 1806 to Thomas Kenrick and Jane Eustace Kenrick. His uncle, Reverend Richard Kenrick, was the curate of a Catholic church in Dublin. Reverend Francis Kenrick, Peter's brother, was also a priest.Thomas Kenrick, who worked as a scrivener, died in 1817.
After Thomas' death, Richard Kenrick helped educate Peter, who soon became a scrivener himself. During this period, Peter Kenrick worked with the poet James Clarence Mangan.Deciding to become a priest also, Peter Kenrick in 1827 entered the Royal College of St. Patrick, the major seminary for the Irish Catholic Church in Maynooth for five years of study.
Peter Kenrick was ordained to the priesthood on March 6, 1832 by Archbishop Daniel Murray of Dublin in chapel at St. Patrick's College. After his ordination, Peter Kenrick served as a curate at St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin and at a parish church in Rathmines. Francis, who had been serving as coadjutor bishop in the Diocese of Philadelphia since 1830, urged Peter to come work with him. However, Peter would not consider leaving Ireland until their mother died in 1832.
Peter Kenrick embarked from Liverpool, England, on September 4, 1833 on the ship New York. He arrived in New York City on October 7th, then immediately proceeded to Philadelphia.Peter then accompanied Francis to the Second Provincial Council, a meeting of bishops in Baltimore, Maryland.
After the council, Peter joined the faculty of the St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia. He and Francis were the only professors. In 1834, Peter Kenrick was named as assistant pastor at St. Mary's Church in Philadelphia. Since the parish trustees had fought with Francis a few years early, he wanted someone he could trust on the staff there.
Francis sent Peter to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in November 1837 to investigate the creation of a new diocese there. For the next three months, Peter served as pastor at St. Paul Parish in that city. He reported to Francis that the city was ready for a diocese.