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JOHN JOSEPH KEANE (1839– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 707 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN See also:JOSEPH See also:KEANE (1839– )  , See also:American See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:archbishop, was See also:born in See also:Ballyshannon, Co . See also:Donegal, See also:Ireland, on the 12th of See also:September 1839 . His See also:family settled in See also:America when he was seven years old . He was educated at See also:Saint See also:Charles's See also:College, Ellicott See also:City, See also:Maryland, and at Saint See also:Mary's See also:Seminary, See also:Baltimore, and in 1866 was ordained a See also:priest and made See also:curate of St See also:Patrick's, See also:Washington, D.C . On the 25th of See also:August 1878 he was consecrated See also:Bishop of See also:Richmond, to succeed See also:James See also:Gibbons, and he had established the See also:Con-fraternity of the See also:Holy See also:Ghost in that See also:diocese, and founded See also:schools and churches for negroes before his See also:appointment as See also:rector of the Catholic University, Washington, D.C., in 1886, and his appointment in 1888 to the see of Ajasso . He did much to upbuild the Catholic University, but his democratic and liberal policy made him enemies at See also:Rome, whence there came in 1896 a See also:request for his resignation of the rectorate, and where he spent the years 1897—1900 as See also:canon of St See also:John Lateran, assistant bishop at the pontifical See also:throne, and counsellor to the Propaganda . In 1900 he was consecrated archbishop of See also:Dubuque, See also:Iowa . He took a prominent See also:part in the Catholic See also:Young Men's See also:National See also:Union and in the See also:Total See also:Abstinence Union of See also:North America; and was in See also:general See also:charge of the Catholic delegation to the See also:World's See also:Parliament of Religions held at the Columbian Exposition in 1893 . He lectured widely on See also:temperance, See also:education and American institutions, and in 1890 was Dudleian lecturer at Harvard University . A selection from his writings and addresses was edited by See also:Maurice See also:Francis See also:Egan under the See also:title Onward and Upward: A See also:Year See also:Book (Baltimore, 1902) .

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