a Roman Catholic prelate, was born at Franklin, Pennsylvania, April 6, 1819. He studied at a private academy in his native town, and then at Mount St. Mary's Seminary, Emmittsburg, Maryland. He was ordained priest in St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, by archbishop Hughes, May 18, 1845, and was for one year thereafter professor at St. John's College, Fordham. Thence he went to St. Joseph's Church, New York city, where he remained three months, when he was transferred to the pastorate of the church at Watertown, N.Y. In 1851 he was appointed pastor of St. John's Church, Utica, and remained there until his election to the episcopacy of Hartford, March 14, 1858. This diocese then included Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Providence was the seat; but in 1872 Hendricken was appointed to the see of Providence, and McFarland removed to Hartford, where he died, October 12, 1874. Bishop McFarland was modest, dignified in office, zealous, and studious. See (N.Y.) Cath. Almanac, 1875, page 105.
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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