Bishop of St. Louis, Missouri and Catholic archbishop west of the Mississippi River
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Most Reverend
Peter Richard Kenrick
Archbishop of St. Louis
Church
Catholic Church
Appointed
July 20, 1847
Term ended
May 21, 1895
Predecessor
Joseph Rosati, C.M.
Successor
John Joseph Kain
Other post(s)
Titular Bishop of Draso (1841–1843) Coadjutor bishop of St. Louis (1841–1843) Bishop of St. Louis (1843–1847) Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis (1895–1896)
Orders
Ordination
March 6, 1832 by Daniel Murray
Consecration
November 30, 1841 by Joseph Rosati
Personal details
Born
(1806-09-17)September 17, 1806
Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died
March 4, 1896(1896-03-04) (aged 89) St. Louis, Missouri, US
Buried
Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis
Signature
Ordination history of Peter Richard Kenrick
History
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated by
Joseph Rosati, C.M.
Date
November 30, 1841
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Peter Richard Kenrick as principal consecrator
James Oliver Van de Velde, S.J.
September 16, 1827
John McGill
July 23, 1850
John Baptiste Miège, S.J.
March 25, 1851
Anthony O'Regan
July 25, 1854
James Duggan
May 3, 1857
Clement Smyth, O.C.S.O.
May 9, 1857
James O'Gorman, O.C.S.O.
May 8, 1859
James Whelan, O.P.
May 8, 1859
Thomas Langdon Grace, O.P.
July 24, 1859
Patrick Feehan
November 12, 1865
John Hennessy
September 30, 1866
Joseph Melcher
July 12, 1868
John Joseph Hogan
September 13, 1868
Patrick John Ryan
April 14, 1872
Thomas Bonacum
November 30, 1887
Thomas Bonacum
November 30, 1887
John Joseph Hennessy
November 30, 1888
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.
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