词条 | Hughes, John |
释义 | Hughes, John American archbishop born June 24, 1797, Annaloghan, County Tyrone, Ire. died Jan. 3, 1864, New York City ![]() Hughes' arguments for state support of parochial (parochial education) schools led to the creation of the U.S. parochial school system. He publicly defended Catholicism against the anti-Catholic Know-Nothing movement and fought the radical Irish press established in New York by political exiles. During the Civil War (1861–65), he helped end the critical draft riots in the city (1863) and visited Europe as Pres. Abraham Lincoln's personal agent in a successful effort to counteract pro-Southern feeling in France, Rome, and Ireland. He founded St. John's College (now Fordham University) and was a leader in the establishment of St. Joseph's Provincial Seminary, Troy, N.Y., and the North American College in Rome. John R.G. Hassard's Life of the Most Reverend John Hughes appeared in 1866. |
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