- Richard Phelan
Bishop Richard Phelan D.D. (1828 – 1904) was the 4th
Roman Catholic Bishop of Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania , USA.Born
January 1 inSralee , nearBallyragget ,County Kilkenny ,Ireland , he was educated by private tutors, and atSt Kieran's College ,Kilkenny . In 1850 as a seminarian he volunteered to accompany Bishop Michael O'Connor to theUnited States , and entered St. Mary's Theological Seminary,Baltimore ,Maryland . He was ordained priest in Pittsburgh onMay 4 ,1854 ,In 1868 he became pastor of St. Peter's Catholic Church in Allegheny City (which, since 1907, is a part of the city of Pittsburgh). He built a new church at a cost of more than $150,000, and also completed the schools that his predecessor, had begun. During the absence of Bishop
John Tuigg in 1881 he was appointed administrator of the dioceses of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, and he was subsequently made vicar-general. In 1885 he was nominated coadjutor to the two sees, with right of succession, and on 2 August was consecrated bishop ofCebeyra in partibus by ArchbishopPatrick John Ryan . He ultimately succeeded Bishop Tuigg onDecember 7 ,1889 .Phelan died October 20, 1904 and is buried in St. Mary Cemetery in the city's Lawrenceville neighborhood.
External links
* [http://www.diopitt.org/wel_former_bishops.php Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bphelan.html Catholic Hierarchy]References
*cite book | author=Glenn, Francis A. | title=Shepherds of the Faith 1843-1993: A Brief History of the Bishops of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh | publisher=Pittsburgh: Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh | year=1993 | id=ISBN none
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