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Benedict Joseph Fenwick, né le 3 septembre 1782 à Leonardtown aux États-Unis et décédé le 11 août 1846 à Boston (Massachusetts), aux États-Unis, était un prêtre jésuite américain et évêque de Boston de 1825 à sa mort en 1846.
Benedict Joseph Fenwick SJ (September 3, 1782 – August 11, 1846) was an American Catholic prelate, Jesuit, and educator who served as the Bishop of Boston from 1825 until his death in 1846. In 1843, he founded the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
18 mars 2011 · After many years of dedicated service to God and the Catholic Church in the United States, Bishop Benedict Joseph Fenwick died on 11 August 1846 at the age of 63 and is buried at the College of the Holy Cross in Central Massachusetts.
Bishop Benedict Joseph Fenwick S.J. (born 3 Sep 1782, died 11 Aug 1846 ) Bishop of Boston. Event. Place. Birth Place. Leonard Town, MD. Ordained Priest. Holy Trinity, Church, Georgetown. Death Place. Boston, Diocese of Boston, Massachusetts.
- September 3, 1782
- August 11, 1846
In Boston at the time, Catholicism was synonymous with foreign. A movement called Nativism, an antipathy toward things foreign, had emerged. Benedict Joseph Fenwick, named bishop of Boston in 1828, did much to combat Nativism. Three activities in particular stand out. First, he founded a Catholic newspaper in 1829.
Benedict Joseph Fenwick, né le 3 septembre 1782 à Leonardtown aux États-Unis et décédé le 11 août 1846 à Boston , aux États-Unis, était un prêtre jésuite américain et évêque de Boston de 1825 à sa mort en 1846.
FENWICK, BENEDICT JOSEPH. Educator, second bishop of Boston; b. near Leonard-town, Md., Sept. 3, 1782; d. Boston, Mass., Aug. 11, 1846. Fenwick was the son of Richard and Dorothy (Plowden) Fenwick. He attended Georgetown College (now University), a school newly established by Bp.
