Joseph Sarsfield Glass

The Most Reverend
Joseph Sarsfield Glass
Bishop of Salt Lake City
See Salt Lake City
Appointed 1 June 1915
In office 1915-1926
Predecessor Lawrence Scanlan
Successor John Joseph Mitty
Orders
Ordination 15 August 1897
Consecration 24 August 1915
Personal details
Born (1874-03-13)March 13, 1874
Bushnell, Illinois, United States
Died January 26, 1926(1926-01-26) (aged 51)
Nationality American
Denomination Roman Catholic
Styles of
Joseph Sarsfield Glass
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop
Posthumous style none

Joseph Sarsfield Glass, C.M. (March 13, 1874 – January 26, 1926) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Salt Lake from 1915 until his death in 1926.

Glass was born in Bushnell, Illinois, to James and Mary Edith (née Kelly) Glass.[1] After receiving his early education in Sedalia, Missouri, he entered St. Vincent's College at Los Angeles, California, in 1887.[1] He returned to Missouri in 1891 and then enrolled at St. Mary's Seminary in Perryville.[1] From there he joined the Congregation of the Mission, also known as the Lazarists or Vincentians.[1] He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop George Thomas Montgomery on August 15, 1897.[2] He then furthered his studies at the College of the Propaganda in Rome, where he earned his Doctor of Divinity in 1899.[1]

Upon his return to the United States, Glass taught dogmatic theology at St. Mary's Seminary until 1900, when he became professor of moral theology and director of the seminarians.[1] In June 1901 he was named president of St. Vincent's College and pastor of St. Vincent's Church at Los Angeles.[1] During his 10-year-long presidency, he broadened the curriculum to a full university course and made it one of the most prominent educational institutions in Southern California.[1]

On June 1, 1915, Glass was appointed the second Bishop of Salt Lake, Utah, by Pope Benedict XV.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on the following August 24 from Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna, with Bishops Thomas Francis Lillis and Thomas Grace serving as co-consecrators.[2] Glass also added murals to the Cathedral of the Madeleine displaying distinctly Catholic beliefs;[3] some claim that through these murals Glass to confront Mormons, while others say he simply "wanted to teach Utah Catholics basic tenets of their faith."[4] He once played a poker game with LDS President Heber J. Grant and Rev. Elmer Goshen of the First Congregational Church.[4]

Glass later died at age 51.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 McGroarty, John S., ed. (1921). "RT. REV. JOSEPH SARSFIELD GLASS, C.M., D.D., LL.D.". Los Angeles: From the Mountains to the Sea. III. New York: American Historical Association.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Bishop Joseph Sarsfield Glass, C.M.". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
  3. ↑ "History of the Cathedral". Cathedral of the Madeleine.
  4. 1 2 Moulton, Kristen (2009-08-07). "Catholic-LDS relations through the years - warming trend follows a cold war". The Salt Lake Tribune.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Lawrence Scanlan		 Bishop of Salt Lake City
1915—1926 		Succeeded by
John Joseph Mitty
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