Gilmore, Bishop Richard J. 1824-1891

GILMORE

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke--Volunteer
Date: 1/22/2017 at 15:20:08

Source: Alton Democrat (4-18-1891)

Born: 1824
Died: 1891

THE DISTINGUISHED CATHOLIC DIVINE PASSES AWAY AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS

Bishop Gilmore of Cleveland died here. Bishop Richard J. Gilmore was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1824. Reared and educated in a Scotch convent, he became a Catholic when he arrived at manhood. He was ordained August 30, 1857. First he was a missionary in southern Ohio. He was afterwards pastor of the churches in Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, and a theological professor in St. Mary’s Academy at Cincinnati. He was made Bishop in 1872, being placed over the diocese of Cleveland, which covers all of northern Ohio. Bishop Gilmore was the author of a series of Catholic school books.