03a. Cheverus 2

Jean-Louis Anne Magdalen Lefebvre de Cheverus was born on 28 January 1768 in Mayenne, Diocese of Laval, France to parents of a noble French family. Educated at Louis-le-Grand, Paris and ordained on 18 December 1790 by Bishop de Gonssans of Laval. Escaped to England and acted as a tutor and ministered there to French refugees 1792-96.

04 Fenwick

Benedict Joseph Fenwick was born on 3 September 1782 in Leonardtown, MD

05. Fitzpatrick

John Bernard Fitzpatrick was born on 1 November 1812 in Boston, MA

06. Bacon

Bishop David William Bacon

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07. Healy

First Roman Catholic Bishop in the United States of African-American descent, born 6 April 1830 as a slave in Macon GA, to an Irish-American plantation owner, Michael Morris Healy, and an octoroon, Eliza Clark or Smith Healy, a slave on his plantation.

08 Bradley

Bishop Bradley born 25 Feb 1846 in Castle Island, Co. Kerry, Ireland, came to the US as a youngster about age 8, with his mother, a widow, and siblings to Manchester.

09. Delany

John Bernard Delaney was born on 9 August 1864 in Lowell, MA was Ordained 23 May 1891 by Cardinal Richard, Archbishop of Paris.

10 Guertin

Bishop Guertin born 17 Feb 1869 in Nashua, NH, was the first NH bishop to be born in that state and was of French-Canadian descent.

11. Peterson

Bishop John Bertram Peterson, 4th Bishop of Manchester, NH, 1932-1944, was born on 15 Jul 1871 in Salem, MA