Born in Drumbonniff, Parish of Clonduff, County Down, Ireland; the son of Stephen Loughlin (1786- ) and Mary McNulty (1795- ).
In 1825, at the age of six, he came with his parents to the United States. They settled in Albany, New York where he received his early education at the The Albany Academy. He then entered the college of Chambly in Quebec, Canada, at age fourteen and after three years at Chambly, he returned to the United States and enrolled at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
Father Loughlin was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John Hughes on October 18, 1840 and then served as a curate at St. John's Church in Utica. In 1841 he was transferred to St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. In 1850 he was named vicar general of the Archdiocese of New York.
On June 19, 1853, at the age of 37, Fr. Loughlin was appointed the first Bishop of the newly-erected Diocese of Brooklyn by Pope Pius IX. He received his episcopal consecration on the following October 30 from Archbishop Gaetano Bedini, with Bishops John McCloskey and Louis Amadeus Rappe serving as co-consecrators. During his 38-year-long tenure, he erected 125 churches and chapels, 93 parochial schools, two colleges, 10 orphanages, five hospitals, two homes for the aged, a home for destitute boys, and a seminary. The Catholic population of the diocese also increased from about 15,000 to nearly 400,000. In 1861 he expressed his support for the Union during the Civil War. He attended the Plenary Councils of Baltimore (1852, 1866, 1884) as well as the First Vatican Council (1869–1870) in Rome, where he was named an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne.
Burial: Originally in the downstairs crypt in St. James Pro-Cathedral [St. James Cathedral Basilica - Brooklyn, NY]. In 1942, his remains were brought to Huntington Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, USA. Per a 2016 article by Ed Wilkinson that appeared in the diocesan newspaper 'The Tablet': On Aug 3, 2016, Bishop Loughlin was reinterred at the Bishops' Crypt within the Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center in Douglastan, in the Brooklyn Diocese.
In 1825, at the age of six, he came with his parents to the United States. They settled in Albany, New York where he received his early education at the The Albany Academy. He then entered the college of Chambly in Quebec, Canada, at age fourteen and after three years at Chambly, he returned to the United States and enrolled at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
Father Loughlin was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John Hughes on October 18, 1840 and then served as a curate at St. John's Church in Utica. In 1841 he was transferred to St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. In 1850 he was named vicar general of the Archdiocese of New York.
On June 19, 1853, at the age of 37, Fr. Loughlin was appointed the first Bishop of the newly-erected Diocese of Brooklyn by Pope Pius IX. He received his episcopal consecration on the following October 30 from Archbishop Gaetano Bedini, with Bishops John McCloskey and Louis Amadeus Rappe serving as co-consecrators. During his 38-year-long tenure, he erected 125 churches and chapels, 93 parochial schools, two colleges, 10 orphanages, five hospitals, two homes for the aged, a home for destitute boys, and a seminary. The Catholic population of the diocese also increased from about 15,000 to nearly 400,000. In 1861 he expressed his support for the Union during the Civil War. He attended the Plenary Councils of Baltimore (1852, 1866, 1884) as well as the First Vatican Council (1869–1870) in Rome, where he was named an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne.
Burial: Originally in the downstairs crypt in St. James Pro-Cathedral [St. James Cathedral Basilica - Brooklyn, NY]. In 1942, his remains were brought to Huntington Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, USA. Per a 2016 article by Ed Wilkinson that appeared in the diocesan newspaper 'The Tablet': On Aug 3, 2016, Bishop Loughlin was reinterred at the Bishops' Crypt within the Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center in Douglastan, in the Brooklyn Diocese.
Born in Drumbonniff, Parish of Clonduff, County Down, Ireland; the son of Stephen Loughlin (1786- ) and Mary McNulty (1795- ).
In 1825, at the age of six, he came with his parents to the United States. They settled in Albany, New York where he received his early education at the The Albany Academy. He then entered the college of Chambly in Quebec, Canada, at age fourteen and after three years at Chambly, he returned to the United States and enrolled at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
Father Loughlin was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John Hughes on October 18, 1840 and then served as a curate at St. John's Church in Utica. In 1841 he was transferred to St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. In 1850 he was named vicar general of the Archdiocese of New York.
On June 19, 1853, at the age of 37, Fr. Loughlin was appointed the first Bishop of the newly-erected Diocese of Brooklyn by Pope Pius IX. He received his episcopal consecration on the following October 30 from Archbishop Gaetano Bedini, with Bishops John McCloskey and Louis Amadeus Rappe serving as co-consecrators. During his 38-year-long tenure, he erected 125 churches and chapels, 93 parochial schools, two colleges, 10 orphanages, five hospitals, two homes for the aged, a home for destitute boys, and a seminary. The Catholic population of the diocese also increased from about 15,000 to nearly 400,000. In 1861 he expressed his support for the Union during the Civil War. He attended the Plenary Councils of Baltimore (1852, 1866, 1884) as well as the First Vatican Council (1869–1870) in Rome, where he was named an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne.
Burial: Originally in the downstairs crypt in St. James Pro-Cathedral [St. James Cathedral Basilica - Brooklyn, NY]. In 1942, his remains were brought to Huntington Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, USA. Per a 2016 article by Ed Wilkinson that appeared in the diocesan newspaper 'The Tablet': On Aug 3, 2016, Bishop Loughlin was reinterred at the Bishops' Crypt within the Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center in Douglastan, in the Brooklyn Diocese.
In 1825, at the age of six, he came with his parents to the United States. They settled in Albany, New York where he received his early education at the The Albany Academy. He then entered the college of Chambly in Quebec, Canada, at age fourteen and after three years at Chambly, he returned to the United States and enrolled at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
Father Loughlin was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John Hughes on October 18, 1840 and then served as a curate at St. John's Church in Utica. In 1841 he was transferred to St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. In 1850 he was named vicar general of the Archdiocese of New York.
On June 19, 1853, at the age of 37, Fr. Loughlin was appointed the first Bishop of the newly-erected Diocese of Brooklyn by Pope Pius IX. He received his episcopal consecration on the following October 30 from Archbishop Gaetano Bedini, with Bishops John McCloskey and Louis Amadeus Rappe serving as co-consecrators. During his 38-year-long tenure, he erected 125 churches and chapels, 93 parochial schools, two colleges, 10 orphanages, five hospitals, two homes for the aged, a home for destitute boys, and a seminary. The Catholic population of the diocese also increased from about 15,000 to nearly 400,000. In 1861 he expressed his support for the Union during the Civil War. He attended the Plenary Councils of Baltimore (1852, 1866, 1884) as well as the First Vatican Council (1869–1870) in Rome, where he was named an Assistant at the Pontifical Throne.
Burial: Originally in the downstairs crypt in St. James Pro-Cathedral [St. James Cathedral Basilica - Brooklyn, NY]. In 1942, his remains were brought to Huntington Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, USA. Per a 2016 article by Ed Wilkinson that appeared in the diocesan newspaper 'The Tablet': On Aug 3, 2016, Bishop Loughlin was reinterred at the Bishops' Crypt within the Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center in Douglastan, in the Brooklyn Diocese.
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