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Kenrick, Francis

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Kenrick, Francis (Patrick) (1796–1863)

Irish-born US prelate. As coadjutor bishop of Philadelphia from 1830 he asserted church power over lay trustees, founded a seminary, for which he wrote theology textbooks, and promoted calm during the 1844 anti-Catholic riots. As archbishop of Baltimore from 1851 he promoted parochial education and introduced the Forty Hours devotion into the USA.

He was born in Dublin. After studies in Rome he was ordained in 1821 and headed a seminary in Bardstown, Kentucky, becoming a leading Catholic theologian.



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