a Roman Catholic divine, was born in Ireland in 1816. He studied for the priesthood in France, and about 1842 went to Africa with the first vicar apostolic of Cape Colony, Mgr. Griffith, and he continued until the last to labor among the English-speaking Catholics of the colony., He was soon after made vicar-general, holding that position under bishops Grimlev and Leonard, or to his death. He was a hard worker, a close student, and a model priest. Pius I appointed him domestic prelate. He died at Cape Town, February 1, 1882. See (N.Y.) Cath. Annual, 1883, page 117.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More