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Most Reverend


Lawrence Stephen McMahon
Bishop of Hartford
ChurchCatholic Church
SeeHartford
In officeAugust 10, 1879 – August 21, 1893
PredecessorThomas Galberry, O.S.A.
SuccessorMichael Tierney
Orders
OrdinationMarch 24, 1860
by Costantino Patrizi Naro
ConsecrationAugust 10, 1879
by John Joseph Williams
Personal details
Born(1835-12-26)December 26, 1835
St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
DiedAugust 21, 1893(1893-08-21) (aged 57)
Lakeville, Connecticut, United States
Alma materCollege of the Holy Cross
Collège de Montréal
St. Mary's Seminary
SignatureLawrence Stephen McMahon's signature

Lawrence Stephen McMahon (December 26, 1835 – August 21, 1893) was a Canadian-born prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Hartford from 1879 until his death in 1893.

Biography[edit]

Lawrence McMahon was born in Saint John, New Brunswick to Owen and Sarah McMahon, and in 1839 came with his parents to the United States, where they settled in Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts. His younger brother John later became pastor of St. Mary's, Charlestown[1] Receiving his early education at the public schoolsofBoston, he entered the College of the Holy CrossinWorcester at age 15, and remained there until the college was destroyed by fire in 1852.[2] He then studied rhetoric at the Collège de Montréal, Quebec, and philosophyatSt. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland.[3]

Bishop John Bernard Fitzpatrick of Boston had arranged for McMahon to study at the Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide, but given the political unrest in Italy at that time, McMahon changed plans and went to the CollegeofAixinFrance where he studied theology for three years. He then went to the French Seminary of Santa Clara in Rome while attending lectures at the Apollinaire,. He was ordained to the priesthood on March 24, 1860.[4]

McMahon was first assigned as a curateatHoly Cross Cathedral in Boston, and served as chaplain to the 28th Massachusetts regiment during the Civil War from 1863 to 1865.[2] Returning from the war, he served as pastorinBridgewater and then in New Bedford, where he erected St. Lawrence's Church and a hospital under the care of the Sisters of Mercy.[3] He was also named the first vicar general of the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, in 1872.[3]

On May 16, 1879, McMahon was appointed the fifth Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, by Pope Leo XIII.[4] He received his episcopal consecration on August 10 from Archbishop John Joseph Williams, with Bishops John Loughlin and Patrick Thomas O'Reilly serving as co-consecrators, at Hartford.[4] He soon liquidated the diocese's $60,000 debt, and continued to execute the building plans of his predecessors for the Cathedral of St. Joseph, which he dedicated in May 1892.[5] His brother would use the same architect, Patrick Keely, and sculptor Joseph Sibbel in the construction of his church in Charlestown.

During his 14-year tenure, he established 48 parishes and 16 parochial schools.[6]

McMahon later died at Lakeville,[2] aged 57. He is buried in the Bishop's Plot at Mount St. Benedict Cemetery in Bloomfield, Connecticut.

References[edit]

  • ^ a b c "Hartford". Catholic Encyclopedia.
  • ^ a b c "Laurence S. M'Mahon". The New York Times. May 10, 1879. p. 2. Retrieved April 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ a b c "Bishop Lawrence Stephen McMahon". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.[self-published source]
  • ^ "History of the Cathedral of St. Joseph". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford. Archived from the original on December 25, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2009.
  • ^ "History". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved August 15, 2009.
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    Preceded by

    Thomas Galberry, O.S.A.

    Bishop of Hartford
    1879—1893
    Succeeded by

    Michael Tierney


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