Jeremiah James Harty

Jeremiah James Harty (1853-1927) was born in November 5, 1853 at St. Louis, Missouri. On April 28, 1878, at the age of 24, Harty was ordained to the priesthood. On June 6, 1903, Harty was appointed Archbishop of Manila in the Philippines, the first non-Spanish to be appointed such in 325 years. He succeeded the Dominican Bernardino Nozaleda, the last of the Spanish archbishops. After his term in Manila he was appointed as the Archbishop of Omaha, in Nebraska.ref|history

Appointment to the Philippines

During his term, Archbishop Harty was increasingly troubled by the propagation of the Protestant faith in the Philippines, which was being introduced by the Thomasites, and which was gaining a foothold among Filipinos because of the strong anti-friar sentiments that existed at that time. Due to the lack of Catholic educational institutions in the country, Archibishop Harty, himself an alumnus of a Christian Brother school in St. Louis, Missouri, would appeal to the Superior-General of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in 1905 for the establishment of a De La Salle school in the Philippines. While the pressing need for a De La Salle school in the Islands was recognized, Harty's request was denied because of the Christian Brothers' lack of funds. Nonetheless, Harty continued to appeal for the establishment of additional Catholic schools in the country to Pope Pius X including, among others, St. Theresa's College Manila. On March 10, 1911, upon instructions from the Vatican to the La Salle Generalate, Brothers Blimond Pierre, Aloysius Gonzaga, and Augusto Correge, arrived in the Philippines from Europe and established De La Salle College in Paco, the first Christian Brother school in the country. ref|LS

On May 16, 1916, after 13 years in the Philippines, Harty was appointed Archbishop of Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. He was succeeded in Manila by Michael J. O'Doherty.ref|cath

Death

On October 29, 1927, Harty died as Bishop of Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 74. He was a priest for 50 years, 24 years as a bishop.

References

#De La Salle University-Manila. "Student's Handbook: 2003-06". Manila: DLSU Press. 2003.
# [http://www.rcam.org/history.htm History of the Archdiocese of Manila]
# [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bharty.html Archbishop Jeremiah James Harty]