John Joseph Lynch
Canadian Catholic archbishop (1816–1888)
John Joseph Lynch (6 February 1816 – 12 May 1888) was an Irish Catholic prelate who served as the third Bishop (1860–1870) and first Archbishop of Toronto (1870–1888). He founded Our Lady of Angels Seminary (now Niagara University) in 1856. He was a member of the Vincentians.
Biography
Early life in Ireland
Lynch was born on 6 February 1816 in Clones, County Fermanagh, to James and Ann (née Connolly) Lynch. His father was a schoolmaster at a hedge school. He and his family later moved to the Dublin suburb of Lucan, where he received his early education. When the Congregation of the Mission (also known as the Vincentians or Lazarists) opened Castleknock College in 1835, Lynch was the first student to enroll. He entered the seminary of St. Lazare in Paris in 1837, making his profession as a Vincentian on 21 November 1841.
His superiors sent him back to Ireland for his priestly ordination, which was performed on 10 June 1843 by Archbishop Daniel Murray in Maynooth.
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