Patrick Joseph Carew

Most Rev. Patrick Joseph Carew (1800 – 2 November 1855) was the Vicar Apostolic of Western Bengal.[3]

Most Reverend

Patrick Carew
Vicar Apostolic of Western Bengal
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseApostolic Vicariate of Western Bengal
PredecessorJean-Louis Taberd
SuccessorMarc-Thomas Oliffe
Orders
Consecration24 June 1838
by John Murphy
Personal details
Birth namePatrick Joseph Carew
Born1800
Waterford, Ireland[1]
Died2 November 1855 (age 55)
Calcutta, Bengal, British India[2]
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Vicar Apostolic of Bengal (1840-1850)

Biography

Patrick Joseph Carew was born in Waterford, Ireland. On 6 March 1838, Pope Gregory XVI appointed him Vicar Apostolic of Madras and Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia.[3]

On 24 June 1838, he was consecrated bishop by John Murphy, Bishop of Cork with Nicholas Foran, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, and Francis Haly, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin as Co-Consecrators. On 4 April 1840, he succeeded to the Vicar Apostolic of Madras replacing Bishop Daniel O'Connor.[3]

On 30 November 1840, he was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Bengal and Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne. In 1850, the name of the vicariate was changed to the Vicariate Apostolic of Western Bengal. After several months of illness, Carew died on 2 November 1855 at the Archbishop's residence in Calcutta, aged 55.[3][4]

References
  1. Kottuppallil, George (1988). History of the Catholic Missions in Central Bengal, 1855-1886. Vendrame Institute. p. 48. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  2. Boase, Frederic (1892). Modern English Biography: A-H. Netherton and Worth. p. 543. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  3. Catholic Hierarchy: "Archbishop Patrick Joseph Carew" retrieved 8 November 2015.
  4. "Death of the Most Rev. Archbishop Carew". Waterford News. 21 December 1855. p. 2.
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