Maurice Francis Burke
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Maurice Francis Burke (May 5, 1845 – March 17, 1923) was an Irish-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Cheyenne (1887–93) and Bishop of Saint Joseph (1893-1923).
Biography
Maurice Burke was born in Knockainy, County Limerick, to Francis Noonan and Joanna (née Casey) Burke.[1] When he was a child, he and his parents came to the United States, where they settled in Chicago, Illinois.[2] He received his education at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake in Chicago and at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana.[2]
Burke continued his studies at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, where he was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Costantino Patrizi Naro on May 22, 1875.[3] On his return to Chicago, he was assigned to serve as a curate at St. Mary's Church.[1] From 1878 to 1887, he was rector of St. Mary's Church in Joliet.[1]
On August 9, 1887, Burke was appointed the first bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne, Wyoming, by Pope Leo XIII.[3] He received his episcopal consecration on the following October 28 from Archbishop Patrick Feehan, with Bishops William George McCloskey and Henry Cosgrove serving as co-consecrators, at Holy Name Cathedral.[3] During his tenure in Cheyenne, he faced attacks against the Catholic Church by members of the American Protective Association (similar to the Know Nothings), even forcing the Sisters of Charity to leave the diocese.[4] He unsuccessfully petitioned the Holy See to suppress the diocese.[4]
In 1893, the Diocese of Cheyenne was attached to the ecclesiastical province of Dubuque, and Burke was transferred to the Diocese of Saint Joseph, Missouri, on June 19, 1893.[3] During his tenure in Saint Joseph, he liquidated the heavy debt incurred by the cathedral, built an episcopal residence and a school for the cathedral parish, and opened new missions and parishes.[5] Burke died at age 77.
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Succeeded by Thomas Mathias Lenihan |
| Preceded by | Bishop of Saint Joseph 1893–1923 |
Succeeded by Francis Gilfillan |
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- 1845 births
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- People from County Limerick
- Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)
- American Roman Catholic bishops
- Roman Catholic bishops of Cheyenne
- Roman Catholic bishops of Saint Joseph
- 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops
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- University of Notre Dame alumni
- University of Saint Mary of the Lake alumni
