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JOHN HUGHES

John Hughes was an Irish-American prelate. He was born in 1797 at Ireland and died in 1864. He went to America in 1817. He was ordained a priest in 1836. He was made Bishop of New York in 1842. He was the founder of St John's College. In 1850 he was made Archbishop of New York. He was prominent in the Catholic controversies regarding the public-school system of New York and the tenure of church property.
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