Bishop Young (1854-1866) was a convert to Catholicism. He was born in Sharpleigh, Maine of a prominent colonial family on October 28, 1808. He attended seminaries in Kentucky and Ohio. He was fluent in the German language which put him in good standing with the many German immigrants he ministered to in both the Cincinnati and Erie Dioceses. He served the faithful with a great deal of zeal despite the poverty and sparse population of the ten thousand square miles of his rural diocese. He supported the anti-slavery cause during the Civil War and witnessed the discovery of oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania. He was instrumental in persuading the Sisters of St. Benedict to remain in Erie to teach the children at St. Marys School in Erie. Later, he welcomed the Sisters of St. Joseph from Buffalo, New York, under the leadership of Mother Agnes Spencer, to work in his missionary diocese where they eventually (built) a hospital and a home for orphans both in Meadville and Erie. Bishop Young died suddenly during the evening of September 18, 1866.
Priest, Diocese of Cincinnati, 1838-1854.
Second Bishop of Eire, 1854-1866.
Priest, Diocese of Cincinnati, 1838-1854.
Second Bishop of Eire, 1854-1866.
Bishop Young (1854-1866) was a convert to Catholicism. He was born in Sharpleigh, Maine of a prominent colonial family on October 28, 1808. He attended seminaries in Kentucky and Ohio. He was fluent in the German language which put him in good standing with the many German immigrants he ministered to in both the Cincinnati and Erie Dioceses. He served the faithful with a great deal of zeal despite the poverty and sparse population of the ten thousand square miles of his rural diocese. He supported the anti-slavery cause during the Civil War and witnessed the discovery of oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania. He was instrumental in persuading the Sisters of St. Benedict to remain in Erie to teach the children at St. Marys School in Erie. Later, he welcomed the Sisters of St. Joseph from Buffalo, New York, under the leadership of Mother Agnes Spencer, to work in his missionary diocese where they eventually (built) a hospital and a home for orphans both in Meadville and Erie. Bishop Young died suddenly during the evening of September 18, 1866.
Priest, Diocese of Cincinnati, 1838-1854.
Second Bishop of Eire, 1854-1866.
Priest, Diocese of Cincinnati, 1838-1854.
Second Bishop of Eire, 1854-1866.
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