Lawrence Scanlan
| The Most Reverend Lawrence Scanlan | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Salt Lake City | |
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| See | Salt Lake City |
| Appointed | November 23, 1886 |
| In office | June 29, 1887 |
| Predecessor | Post Established |
| Successor | Joseph Sarsfield Glass |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 28, 1843 Ballytarsna, County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Died | May 10, 1915 (aged 71) |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | Patrick and Catherine (née Ryan) Scanlan |
| Alma mater | All Hallows College |
| Motto |
Euntes Docete Omnes Gentes (Go and teach all nations) |
| Styles of Lawrence Scanlan | |
|---|---|
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
Lawrence Scanlan (September 28, 1843 – May 10, 1915) was an Irish Roman Catholic missionary and the first Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah (1887-1915).
Early life
Lawrence Scanlan was born in Ballytarsna, near Cashel, County Tipperary, to Patrick and Catherine (née Ryan) Scanlan.[1] He studied at All Hallows College in Dublin, where he was ordained to the priesthood on June 28, 1868.[2] He departed for the United States the following July, later arriving at the Archdiocese of San Francisco in California in November.[3] He then served as a curate at St. Patrick's Church and later at St. Mary's Cathedral.[3] In 1869 he became pastor of Pioche, Nevada.[1]
After briefly returning to California to serve in Petaluma, Scanlan volunteered for the mission in the Utah Territory, where he arrived at Salt Lake City in August 1873.[1] There was then only one Catholic church in the territory, serving the nearly 800 members largely scattered among the region's various mining camps.[3] Traveling by horseback, stagecoach, or rail, he developed a fairly regular circuit in which he visited the mining camps at Park City, Bingham Canyon, Mercur, Stockton, Ophir, and Silver Reef at least once a month.[4] Scanlan introduced the Sisters of the Holy Cross from Indiana, and founded St. Mary's Academy and later Holy Cross Hospital in 1875.[1] He opened numerous parishes and schools, and also established All Hallows College, Kearns-St. Ann's Orphanage, and Judge Mercy Hospital.[4] He even celebrated Mass at the LDS tabernacle in St. George, Utah in 1879.[3]
Episcopacy
On November 23, 1886, Scanlan was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Utah and Titular Bishop of Lavanden by Pope Leo XIII.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on June 29, 1887 from Archbishop Patrick William Riordan, with Bishops Eugene O'Connell and Patrick Manogue serving as co-consecrators, at San Francisco.[2] In 1890 Scanlan purchased an area of land for $35,000 to establish a cathedral and ground was broken there in 1899.[5] When the vicariate was elevated to the rank of a diocese on January 30, 1891, Scanlan was named the first Bishop of Salt Lake.[2]
Legacy
The greatest achievement during Scanlan's tenure was the Cathedral of the Madeleine. The construction of the cathedral was begun in 1900 and completed in 1909.[6] On August 15, 1909, the cathedral was dedicated by Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore.[6] The total cost of the construction itself was $344,000, a small fortune for the Utah Catholics of that time.[6]
Final years
Scanlan later died at Holy Cross Hospital, aged 71.[1] He is buried in the cathedral he built.[4]
Episcopal succession
| Catholic Church titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Post Established |
Bishop of Salt Lake 1887–1915 |
Succeeded by Joseph Sarsfield Glass |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Father Lawrence Scanlan Established Catholic Church in Utah". Utah History to Go.
- 1 2 3 4 "Bishop Lawrence Scanlan". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- 1 2 3 4 Harris, William Richard (1909). "RT. REVEREND LAWRENCE SCANLAN, D.D.". The Catholic Church in Utah. Salt Lake City: Intermountain Catholic Press.
- 1 2 3 Mooney, Bernice M. (1994), "LAWRENCE SCANLAN", in Powell, Allan Kent, Utah History Encyclopedia, Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, ISBN 0874804256, OCLC 30473917
- ↑ "History of the Diocese". Roman Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City.
- 1 2 3 "History of the Cathedral". Cathedral of the Madeleine.
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