Michael Hurley (19th-century priest)
Augustinian priest
Michael Hurley (1780 – May 14, 1837) was an American Catholic priest and an Augustinian friar. He served as pastor of St. Augustine Church in Philadelphia for seventeen years, as vicar general of the American province of the Order of Saint Augustine, and as vicar general of the Diocese of Philadelphia.
Biography
Michael Hurley was born in 1780, the son of Thomas Hurley. Conflicting records indicate that he was either born in Ireland or the United States. Hurley's half-sister claimed that he was born in Philadelphia, while other accounts claim he was born in Ireland, as his father was married in Tipperary. If he had been born in Ireland, he would have been brought to America in his infancy, since city records list Thomas Hurley as an upholsterer on Third Street between Arch and Race Streets in 1785. Hurley had three brothers, John, Joseph, and Edward, who were all baptized at St. Joseph's Church in Philadelphia. It is likely that Hurley's father intended that he enter the upholstery trade, due to the fact that Michael's name appears alongside his father's in the City Directory and is marked "paperhanger" at 16 Carter's Alley, the location of his father's business.
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