Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke

Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke
Born	(1840-01-10)January 10, 1840 Swinford, Ireland
Died	January 20, 1915(1915-01-20) (aged 75) Albany, New York
Education	St Michael's College, Toronto St. Mary's Seminary
Occupation	Clergyman
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Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke KGCHS (January 10, 1840 – January 20, 1915) was an Irish-born clergyman of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Albany from 1894 until his death in 1915.

Biography

Thomas Burke was born in Swinford, County Mayo, and came to the United States with his father, a physician, in 1850, settling in Utica, New York.[1] He received his early education under the Christian Brothers in Utica, and attended St. Michael's College in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[2] In 1856, he entered St. Charles College in Ellicott City, Maryland, where he befriended his classmate James Gibbons.[2] He completed his theological studies at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore.[1]

Burke was ordained to the priesthood on June 30, 1864.[3] He then served as a curate at St. John's Church in Albany until 1865, when he succeeded John J. Conroy as pastor of St. Joseph's Church in the same city.[1] He became vicar general under Bishop Francis McNierney in 1887, and was named a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre in 1890.[2]

On May 15, 1894, Burke was appointed the fourth Bishop of Albany by Pope Leo XIII.[3] He received his episcopal consecration on the following July 1 from Archbishop Michael Corrigan, with Bishops Bernard John McQuaid and Patrick Anthony Ludden serving as co-consecrators, in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.[3] During his administration, he enlarged the Boys' Asylum in Albany, reduced diocesan debt, and renovated the cathedral.[4]

He died in Albany at age 75.[5]

References

1. Herbermann, Charles George, ed. (1915). Historical Records and Studies. Vol. VIII. New York: United States Catholic Historical Society.
2. "Bishop of Albany Diocese; Appointment at Rome of the Very Rev. T.M.A. Burke". The New York Times. May 19, 1894.
3. "Bishop Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
4. "Albany". Catholic Encyclopedia.
5. "Bishop Burke Dies Suddenly at Albany". Brooklyn Standard Union. Albany. January 21, 1915. p. 13. Retrieved August 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Works by or about Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke at the Internet Archive
• Biographical sketch from Vol. I, pp. 232–238 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911).

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Francis McNierney	Bishop of Albany 1894—1915	Succeeded by Thomas Cusack