Benedict Joseph Fenwick
American Catholic bishop · United States · Educators · Lived 1782 to 1846 · aged 63
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Something wrong?Benedict Joseph Fenwick was an American Catholic prelate, Jesuit, and educator who served as the bishop of Boston from 1825 until his death in 1846. In 1843, he founded the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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The original St. Patrick's Cathedral, as it appeared during Fenwick's time there
Bishop Fenwick (circa 1831)
Portrait of Fenwick, c. 1846 or before
Fenwick Hall at the College of the Holy Cross, shortly after its completion (1844)
Ruins of the Ursuline convent in Charlestown after the riot of 1834
After intense conflict, Fenwick placed St. Mary's Church in Boston under interdict.In their orbit
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Benedict Joseph Fenwick was an American Catholic prelate, Jesuit, and educator who served as the bishop of Boston from 1825 until his death in 1846. In 1843, he founded the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Prior to that, he was twice the president of Georgetown College in Washington D.C. and established several educational institutions in New York City and Boston.
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