John Moore (June 27, 1835 – July 30, 1901) was an Irish-born prelate of the

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who served as the second Bishop of St. Augustine from 1877 to 1901.

Biography

Early life

John Moore was born in Castletown, County Westmeath, in Ireland on June 27, 1835.Moore, John
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His family immigrated to

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, when he was age 14. Moore attended the seminary in Charleston. He was sent to Europe to study at the College of Cambrai in Cambrai, France. Moore then studied theology at the College of Propaganda in Rome. Moore was ordained into the priesthood by Archbishop Antonio Ligi-Bussi in Rome on April 9, 1860, for the Diocese of Charleston. After his ordination, Moore returned to Charleston to assume assignments in parishes, most prominently St. Patrick's.

Bishop of St. Augustine

On February 16, 1877, Moore was appointed by

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as bishop of St. Augustine. He was consecrated on May 13, 1877, by Bishop Patrick Lynch at St John Baptist Pro-Cathedral in Charleston. At that time, the diocese covered the entire

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. A contingent of

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, in 1886, initially to serve German immigrants. In 1887, a yellow fever outbreak in Florida killed several priests in the diocese. That same year, a fire destroyed the Cathedral of St. Augustine. At Moore's request, a group of Jesuit fathers arrived in

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, in 1888 to replace the priests lost to illness. In August 1888, the St. Mary's Home for Orphan Girls was opened in

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. That same year, yellow fever broke out again in Jacksonville. With the local priest, Reverend

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, sidelined by the disease, Moore rushed there to run the parish and tend to the sick. In 1889, Moore asked the Benedictines to establish several mission churches on the Florida Gulf Coast from

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northward. He requested that the Jesuits cover Hillsborough County southward to

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Death and legacy

During the late 1890s, Moore suffered a debilitating stroke. Moore died at his home in St. Augustine on July 30, 1901. Bishop Moore High School in Orlando, Florida, is named for him.

References

External links

''St. Augustine Bishops''

Episcopal succession

1835 births 1901 deaths People from County Westmeath Irish emigrants to the United States Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston Roman Catholic bishops of Saint Augustine 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States Religious leaders from South Carolina {{US-RC-bishop-stub