Religious leader. Bernard McQuaid, the son of Irish immigrants, was appointed by Pope Pius IX to be the first bishop of the Diocese of Rochester, NY when it was founded on March 3, 1868. It was a position he held for over 40 years as he guided its growth from inception to its ranking among significant American dioceses.
Bishop McQuaid was a participating bishop in the First Vatican Council (1868-1870) where he was a vocal opponent to declaring papal infallibility as a dogma of the Church. When it became apparent that he was in the minority he stormed out of the Council rather than be a part of such a controversial declaration. Given the contention that followed for the past century plus McQuaid's guarded approach may have served the Church better than the incautious vote by the majority of remaining bishops.
He was proud of initiating an extensive school system in his diocese to educate Catholics at a time when they faced discrimination in the public realm, founding schools which would allow Catholics to be educated from elementary grades through high school, college and post-graduate studies. He considered his crowning achievement to be St. Bernard's Seminary which he opened in 1893 (named for his own patron saint). His legacy is among the most profound of any US Catholic bishop in his era for both the length of his service and breadth of his lasting accomplishments.
He is buried in chapel's bell tower of the cemetery which he founded. His legacy is still acknowledged in his diocese through the naming of McQuaid Jesuit High School and St. Bernard's School of Theology & Ministry, the current realization of the seminary he proudly founded.
Bishop McQuaid was a participating bishop in the First Vatican Council (1868-1870) where he was a vocal opponent to declaring papal infallibility as a dogma of the Church. When it became apparent that he was in the minority he stormed out of the Council rather than be a part of such a controversial declaration. Given the contention that followed for the past century plus McQuaid's guarded approach may have served the Church better than the incautious vote by the majority of remaining bishops.
He was proud of initiating an extensive school system in his diocese to educate Catholics at a time when they faced discrimination in the public realm, founding schools which would allow Catholics to be educated from elementary grades through high school, college and post-graduate studies. He considered his crowning achievement to be St. Bernard's Seminary which he opened in 1893 (named for his own patron saint). His legacy is among the most profound of any US Catholic bishop in his era for both the length of his service and breadth of his lasting accomplishments.
He is buried in chapel's bell tower of the cemetery which he founded. His legacy is still acknowledged in his diocese through the naming of McQuaid Jesuit High School and St. Bernard's School of Theology & Ministry, the current realization of the seminary he proudly founded.
Religious leader. Bernard McQuaid, the son of Irish immigrants, was appointed by Pope Pius IX to be the first bishop of the Diocese of Rochester, NY when it was founded on March 3, 1868. It was a position he held for over 40 years as he guided its growth from inception to its ranking among significant American dioceses.
Bishop McQuaid was a participating bishop in the First Vatican Council (1868-1870) where he was a vocal opponent to declaring papal infallibility as a dogma of the Church. When it became apparent that he was in the minority he stormed out of the Council rather than be a part of such a controversial declaration. Given the contention that followed for the past century plus McQuaid's guarded approach may have served the Church better than the incautious vote by the majority of remaining bishops.
He was proud of initiating an extensive school system in his diocese to educate Catholics at a time when they faced discrimination in the public realm, founding schools which would allow Catholics to be educated from elementary grades through high school, college and post-graduate studies. He considered his crowning achievement to be St. Bernard's Seminary which he opened in 1893 (named for his own patron saint). His legacy is among the most profound of any US Catholic bishop in his era for both the length of his service and breadth of his lasting accomplishments.
He is buried in chapel's bell tower of the cemetery which he founded. His legacy is still acknowledged in his diocese through the naming of McQuaid Jesuit High School and St. Bernard's School of Theology & Ministry, the current realization of the seminary he proudly founded.
Bishop McQuaid was a participating bishop in the First Vatican Council (1868-1870) where he was a vocal opponent to declaring papal infallibility as a dogma of the Church. When it became apparent that he was in the minority he stormed out of the Council rather than be a part of such a controversial declaration. Given the contention that followed for the past century plus McQuaid's guarded approach may have served the Church better than the incautious vote by the majority of remaining bishops.
He was proud of initiating an extensive school system in his diocese to educate Catholics at a time when they faced discrimination in the public realm, founding schools which would allow Catholics to be educated from elementary grades through high school, college and post-graduate studies. He considered his crowning achievement to be St. Bernard's Seminary which he opened in 1893 (named for his own patron saint). His legacy is among the most profound of any US Catholic bishop in his era for both the length of his service and breadth of his lasting accomplishments.
He is buried in chapel's bell tower of the cemetery which he founded. His legacy is still acknowledged in his diocese through the naming of McQuaid Jesuit High School and St. Bernard's School of Theology & Ministry, the current realization of the seminary he proudly founded.
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