James Roosevelt Bayley

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Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley (he preferred to be called Father Bayley) was the first Bishop of Newark (1853-1872), the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore (1872-1877) and the nephew of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. James's father, a New York physician, was the son of Dr Richard Bayley, a professor at Columbia College. His mother Grace Roosevelt was the daughter of Jacobus Roosevelt, a relative of US Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D Roosevelt, and Maria Eliza Walton, a descendant of Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmoreland. - AsNotedIn


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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1844/03/02 Bishop John Hughes ordains James Roosevelt Bayley into the Catholic priesthood at St Patrick's Cathedral. Vocation Old St Patrick's Cathedral New York City
1856/09/01 Bishop Bayley establishes a Catholic college, Chegary Academy, in Madison, New Jersey. The college moved to its present location in South Orange in 1860. Vocation President's Hall, Seton Hall University campus South Orange
1867/00/00 Presidents Hall is built on the site of the Elphinstone Mansion (2 stones remain) as a seminary. The stained glass window of St Elizabeth Ann Seton was commissioned in 1866 by her nephew, Bishop James Bayley Vocation President's Hall, Seton Hall University campus South Orange
1872/07/30 Bishop Bayley succeeds Archbishop Spalding of Baltimore. Vocation Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Baltimore, MD
1876/05/00 Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is consecrated by Archbishop James Bayley. Vocation Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Baltimore, MD
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