Kenrick, Francis Patrick, 1796-1863

Francis Patrick Kenrick was born in Dublin, Ireland on December 3, 1796. He was the eldest son of Thomas Kenrick and Jane Eustace Kenrick. His theological studies were made in Rome at the Urban College of Propaganda where he was ordained on April 7, 1821. He later arrived in America, appointed to the faculties of both St. Thomas Seminary and St. Joseph's College in Bardstown, Kentucky. He attended the First Provincial Council of Baltimore in 1829, and the following year he was consecrated to the Titular See of Arata and was appointed Administrator of the Diocese of Philadelphia to cope with the Trusteeism crisis. He later founded St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. He also encouraged the foundations of Villanova and St. Joseph (Jesuit) Colleges. During this period he wrote "The Primacy of Peter" (1845). In 1851 he became Archbishop of Baltimore. He died in Baltimore on July 8, 1863.

From the description of The Francis Patrick Kenrick papers. 1821-1827. (Catholic University of America). WorldCat record id: 175012345