Regis Canevin
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Biography
Early life
Regis Canevin was born at Beatty in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania to Thomas and Rosanna Canevin,[1] on a farm owned by the Sisters of Mercy.[2] After receiving his early education at schools in Beatty, he entered St. Vincent College in 1871 and St. Vincent Seminary in 1875.[3]
Priesthood
Canevin was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John Tuigg on June 4, 1879.[4]
Canevin's first assignment was as a curate at St. Mary's Parish in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, where he remained until 1881.[5] He then served in the same capacity at St. Paul's Cathedral in Pittsburgh for five years.[5] In 1886, Canevin became chaplain at St. Paul's Orphan Asylum and the Western Penitentiary, as well as pastor of the mission in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.[5] He served as chancellor of the diocese from 1888 until 1893, when he became pastor of St. Philip's Church[6] in Crafton, Pennsylvania.[7] Canevin was named rector of St. Paul's Cathedral in 1895.[7]
Coadjutor Bishop and Bishop of Pittsburgh
On January 16, 1903, Canevin was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Pittsburgh and titular bishop of Sabratha by Pope Leo XIII.[4] He received his episcopal consecration on February 24, 1903, from Archbishop Patrick Ryan, with Bishops John W. Shanahan and Leo Haid serving as co-consecrators.
Upon the death of Bishop Richard Phelan, Canevin automatically succeeded him to become the fifth bishop of Pittsburgh on December 20, 1904.[8] He was the first American and the first native son of the diocese to become bishop.[7] He penned the article on the "Diocese of Pittsburg" for the Catholic Encyclopedia.[4]
On January 9, 1921, Pope Benedict XV accepted Canevin's resignation as bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and appointed him as titular archbishop of Pelusium.[8] Regis Canevin died at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh at age 73, and is buried at St. Mary Cemetery in Lawrenceville.
References
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- ↑ Schmandt, Raymond H. "Some Notes on Bishop J. F. Regis Canevin of Pittsburgh (1904-1921)." Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, vol. 95, no. 1/4, American Catholic Historical Society, 1984, pp. 91–107
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Further reading
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External links
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- Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh History of Bishops webpage
- "Bishops' Row", St. Mary Cemetery, Pittsburgh
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- 1853 births
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- Roman Catholic bishops of Pittsburgh
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- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
- Contributors to the Catholic Encyclopedia
- American Roman Catholic clergy of Irish descent
- Catholics from Pennsylvania