Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke

Irish-born clergyman

Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke

Born	(1840-01-10)January 10, 1840 Swinford, Ireland
Died	January 20, 1915(1915-01-20) (aged 75) Albany, New York
Education	St Michael's College, Toronto St. Mary's Seminary
Occupation	Clergyman
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Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke KGCHS (January 10, 1840 – January 20, 1915) was an Irish-born clergyman of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Albany from 1894 until his death in 1915.

Biography

Thomas Burke was born in Swinford, County Mayo, and came to the United States with his father, a physician, in 1850, settling in Utica, New York. He received his early education under the Christian Brothers in Utica, and attended St. Michael's College in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 1856, he entered St. Charles College in Ellicott City, Maryland, where he befriended his classmate James Gibbons. He completed his theological studies at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore.

Burke was ordained to the priesthood on June 30, 1864. He then served as a curate at St. John's Church in Albany until 1865, when he succeeded John J. Conroy as pastor of St. Joseph's Church in the same city. He became vicar general under Bishop Francis McNierney in 1887, and was named a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre in 1890.

On May 15, 1894, Burke was appointed the fourth Bishop of Albany by Pope Leo XIII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following July 1 from Archbishop Michael Corrigan, with Bishops Bernard John McQuaid and Patrick Anthony Ludden serving as co-consecrators, in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. During his administration, he enlarged the Boys' Asylum in Albany, reduced diocesan debt, and renovated the cathedral.

He died in Albany at age 75.

References

^ Herbermann, Charles George, ed. (1915). Historical Records and Studies. Vol. VIII. New York: United States Catholic Historical Society.
^ "Bishop of Albany Diocese; Appointment at Rome of the Very Rev. T.M.A. Burke". The New York Times. May 19, 1894.
^ "Bishop Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
"Albany". Catholic Encyclopedia.
"Bishop Burke Dies Suddenly at Albany". Brooklyn Standard Union. Albany. January 21, 1915. p. 13. Retrieved August 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Works by or about Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke at the Internet Archive
Biographical sketch from Vol. I, pp. 232–238 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911).

Catholic Church titles
Preceded byFrancis McNierney	Bishop of Albany 1894—1915	Succeeded byThomas Cusack

v t e Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany
Ordinaries	Bishops John McCloskey John J. Conroy Francis McNeirny Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke Thomas Cusack Edmund Gibbons William Scully Edwin Broderick Howard James Hubbard Edward Bernard Scharfenberger
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Albany Parishes Christ Sun of Justice Church, Troy St. Clement's Church, Saratoga Springs St. Mary's Church, Albany St. Mary's Church, Ballston Spa St. Paul the Apostle (All Saints on the Hudson), Mechanicville Saint Stanislaus Parish, Amsterdam Closed/suppressed parishes St. Joseph's Church, Albany St. Mary's Church, Hunter
Education	High schools Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School, Schenectady Saratoga Central Catholic High School, Saratoga Springs Independent schools Academy of the Holy Names Christian Brothers Academy, Albany La Salle Institute, Troy Closed Bishop Maginn High School, Albany Cardinal McCloskey High School, Albany Cathedral Academy, Albany Holy Cross High School, Albany Kenwood Academy, Albany Marylrose Academy, Albany Mercy High School, Albany St. Ann's Academy, Albany St. John's Academy, Albany St. Joseph's Academy, Albany St. Mary's High School, Albany Vincentian Institute, Albany Bishop Scully High School, Amsterdam St. Joseph's High School, Amsterdam St. Mary's High School, Amsterdam St. Patrick's Academy, Catskill Keveny Memorial Academy, Cohoes St. Agnes High School, Cohoes Commercial Academy of the Sacred Heart, Cohoes Sacred Heart High School, Cohoes St. Joseph's Academy, Cohoes St. Patrick's Academy, Cohoes St. Mary's Academy, Glens Falls Bishop Burke High School, Gloversville St. Mary's Academy, Hoosick Falls St. Mary's Academy, Hudson St. Mary's Academy, Little Falls St. John's Academy, Rensselaer Our Lady of the Star Academy, Saratoga Springs Bishop Gibbons High School, Schenectady Notre Dame High School, Schenectady St. Adalbert's High School, Schenectady St. Columba's Academy, Schenectady St. John's Academy, Schenectady St. Joseph's Academy, Schenectady Catholic Central High School (Troy, New York) St. Augustine's Academy, Troy St. Joseph's Academy, Troy St. Mary's Academy, Troy St. Michael's Academy, Troy St. Patrick's Academy, Troy St. Peter's Academy, Troy St. Bridgid's Academy, Watervliet St. Patrick's Academy, Watervliet
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