James Roosevelt Bayley

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James Roosevelt Bayley was a 19th-century American Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Newark and later Archbishop of Baltimore, noted for his role in expanding Catholic education in the United States.

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instanceOf Catholic bishop
human
appointedAsArchbishopOfBaltimore 1872
appointedAsBishopOfNewark 1853
archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore
birthDate 1814-08-23
birthPlace New York City
burialPlace Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore
consecratedAsBishop 1853
convertedTo Roman Catholicism
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1877-10-03
denomination Roman Catholic
diocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Newark
linked to: Diocese of Newark
educatedAt Mount St. Mary’s Seminary
education Mount St. Mary’s College
era 19th century
familyName Bayley
givenName James
honoredBy Catholic institutions named in his memory
languageSpoken English
memberOf Roman Catholic hierarchy in the United States
middleName Roosevelt
notableFor expansion of Catholic education in the United States
founding and supporting Catholic schools and academies
leadership in the American hierarchy in the 19th century
strengthening the Catholic Church in New Jersey
occupation clergyman
theologian
placeOfDeath Newark, New Jersey
linked to: Newark
positionHeld Archbishop of Baltimore
linked to: Bishop of Baltimore

Bishop of Newark
predecessorAsArchbishopOfBaltimore Martin John Spalding
previousReligion Episcopal Church
promotedCatholicEducation Maryland
New Jersey
relative Eleanor Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
successorAsArchbishopOfBaltimore James Gibbons
successorAsBishopOfNewark Michael Augustine Corrigan
wrote pastoral letters on Catholic education

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Seton Hall University founder James Roosevelt Bayley