John J. Glennon
John Joseph Cardinal Glennon ( born June 14, 1862 in Kinnegad, Ireland, † March 9, 1946 in Dublin) was Archbishop of St. Louis.
Life
John Joseph Glennon was born in 1862 in Kinnegad in County Westmeath. In 1878 he began his studies of philosophy and theology at All Hallows College, now Dublin City University. 1882 visited Bishop John Joseph Hogan of Kansas City, Missouri, USA, the College to recruit priests for his newly created diocese. At the age of 22 years Glennon was ordained for the Diocese of Kansas City on December 20, 1884 by Bishop Hogan priest, after Rome had granted a dispensation because of his young age. Glennon was two years in the St. Patrick's Parish in Kansas City, after which he returned to Europe for advancing his studies. After several years of study at the University of Bonn, he asked his bishop for permission to study at a University in Rome, but this was not granted. Instead, he was called back to Kansas City and was appointed pastor of the cathedral and vicar general of the diocese.
Pope Leo XIII. Glennon appointed on 14 March 1896 Coadjutor Bishop of Kansas City and Titular Bishop of Pinara. On June 29, he Archbishop John Joseph Kain of St. Louis donated the episcopal ordination. Co-consecrators were the Bishop of Saint Joseph, Maurice Francis Burke, and the Bishop of Davenport, Henry Cosgrove. He was 33 years become the youngest bishop in the world.
On April 27, 1903, he was named Pope Leo XIII. the Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis and on October 13 he followed the late Archbishop John Joseph Kain to as Archbishop of St. Louis. Again, it was the age of 41 the youngest archbishop in the world. Glennon came during the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis and was quickly adopted by the locals, so he was miteingebunden in major projects in the city. In 1907 he acquired the premises next to the Basilica of St. Louis and built a new cathedral for the Archdiocese, which was completed in 1915. In the same year the first students ( Kenrick - Glennon seminar now ) could be included in the new Kenrick seminar. 1921 Pope Benedict XV appointed him. to the Pontifical throne wizard.
Glennon was quickly known for his sermons and also praised as the best Catholic preachers in the United States. In his archdiocese, he founded a diocesan Children Hospital, Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital the, which is affiliated to the Medical Center of Saint Louis University. With regard to the immigrants, he had the idea that this would integrate better when they live in communities or communities where their language would be spoken. He introduced a program that is known as " Colonization Movement", in which he invited the immigrants from Italy, Austria, Russia, Poland and Germany to come to his diocese. He helped build communities and provided support ready and also supplied the communities with priests. In Dunklin County he bought large areas of arable land and gave them to the resident Catholic families. The communities of Knobville in Phelps County and Wilhelmina in Dunklin could benefit by Cardinal Glennon and his " Colonization Realty & Co. ". Unlike his successor Archbishop Ritter he sat down not one for desegregation; This provoked criticism.
On February 18, 1946 Pope Pius XII created. Archbishop Glennon Cardinal and appointed him cardinal priest of San Clemente. Due to his poor health he was initially reluctant to take part in the ceremonies in Rome, but ultimately went to Rome. After the ceremonies were over, he went to Ireland to return from there to St. Louis, but on March 9, 1946, he died at the age of 83 years in Dublin. His body was brought to St. Louis and buried in the local cathedral. His grave is the first archbishop's grave in the crypt of the cathedral.