John Barry (bishop)

Right Reverend John Barry
Bishop of Savannah

Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Savannah
In office	August 2, 1857—November 19, 1859
Predecessor	Francis Xavier Gartland
Successor	Augustin Verot
Orders
Ordination	September 24, 1825
Consecration	August 2, 1857
Personal details
Born	(1799-07-16)July 16, 1799 Oylegate, County Wexford, Ireland
Died	November 19, 1859(1859-11-19) (aged 60) Paris, France

John Barry (July 16, 1799 – November 19, 1859) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the second bishop of the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia (1857–1859).

Biography

Barry was born in Oylegate, County Wexford, to Sylvester and Mary (Donohue) Barry, and while an ecclesiastical student in Ireland attached himself to the Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina, where he completed his theological studies.^[1] He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John England on September 24, 1825.^[2] Barry was then sent to Georgia, where he served as pastor of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Augusta from 1830 to 1854.^[3] During this time, he turned his house into a hospital (and later an orphanage) in the cholera epidemic of 1832.^[4] He was also made vicar general of Charleston and superior of the seminary in 1844, and vicar general of the Diocese of Savannah in 1853.^[1]

On January 9, 1857, Barry was appointed to succeed the late Francis Xavier Gartland as Bishop of Savannah by Pope Pius IX.^[2] He received his episcopal consecration on the following August 2 from Archbishop Francis Kenrick, with Bishops Michael Portier and John Neumann, C.SS.R., serving as co-consecrators.^[2] His poor health led him to visit Europe in July 1859, and he later died at the convent of the Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God in Paris, France.^[4] His remains were returned to the United States, where he was buried at the Church of the Holy Trinity.^[3]

1 2 "John Barry". Catholic Encyclopedia.
1 2 3 "Bishop John Barry". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
1 2 "Church Pastors". Church of the Holy Trinity.
1 2 Clarke, Richard Henry. "RIGHT REV. JOHN BARRY, D.D.". Lives of the Deceased Bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States.

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Preceded by Francis Xavier Gartland	Bishop of Savannah 1857–1859	Succeeded by Augustin Verot

Diocese of Savannah

Ordinaries	Bishops Francis Xavier Gartland John Barry Augustin Verot Ignatius Persico William Hickley Gross Thomas Albert Andrew Becker Benjamin Joseph Keiley Michael Joseph Keyes Gerald Patrick Aloysius O'Hara Thomas Joseph McDonough Gerard Louis Frey Raymond W. Lessard J. Kevin Boland Gregory John Hartmayer

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. John the Baptist

Education	High Schools Aquinas High School Benedictine Military School Mount de Sales Academy Pacelli High School St. Vincent's Academy

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Diocese of Charleston

Bishops	Ordinaries John England Ignatius A. Reynolds Patrick Neeson Lynch Henry P. Northrop William Thomas Russell Emmet M. Walsh John Joyce Russell Paul John Hallinan Francis Frederick Reh Ernest Leo Unterkoefler David B. Thompson Robert Joseph Baker Robert E. Guglielmone

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Abbey Mepkin Abbey Parishes St. Mary Help of Christians Church, Aiken St. Andrew's Church, Barnwell St. Mary of the Annunciation Church, Charleston St. Peter's Church, Columbia Former cathedral Cathedral of Saint John and Saint Finbar, Charleston

Education	High Schools Bishop England High School, Charleston Cardinal Newman High School, Forest Acres St. Francis Xavier High School, Sumter St. John Paul II Catholic School, Okatie St. Joseph's Catholic School, Greenville

Priests	John Barry Joseph Bernardin John James Joseph Monaghan John Moore

Miscellany	The Catholic Miscellany

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