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John Baptist Purcell Photograph

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Title	John Baptist Purcell Photograph
Subject	Religion in Ohio Immigration and Ethnic Heritage Civil Liberties Purcell, John Baptist, 1800-1883 Bishops Clergy Catholic Church
Place	Cincinnati (Ohio) Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description	This 2.5 by 4-inch photograph portrays John Baptist Purcell, archbishop of Cincinnati from 1833 to 1883. Purcell was born in County Cork, Ireland and immigrated to the U. S. at the age of 18. He studied for the priesthood at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Maryland and completed his studies in Paris, where he was ordained. Purcell later returned to Maryland as a professor and later president of the seminary. In 1833, he was appointed bishop of Cincinnati and toured the scattered missionary churches of Ohio. A series of debates with Alexander Campbell, founder of the Disciples of Christ, established Purcell as the leading Catholic spokesman in the Midwest. Purcell allowed the German Catholic immigrants of the diocese to manage their own affairs as much as possible, and maintained good relations with them in an era when German and Irish immigrants often clashed. Purcell spoke out against slavery and called for the emancipation of African Americans; he was the only American Catholic bishop to do so. The elderly Purcell found himself in the midst of a scandal in 1878. Many immigrants distrusted banks and placed their savings in the hands of the archbishop's brother, Rev. Edward Purcell, who served as treasurer. Edward Purcell was not a competent manager of funds and the bank crashed. Depositors demanded the sale of Ohio's Catholic churches and schools so that they could be compensated, but the courts ruled that Purcell was merely a trustee and did not own these properties. John Baptist Purcell resigned as archbishop of Cincinnati, and although he was permitted to retain the title of archbishop, William Henry Elder was appointed coadjutor bishop with full powers of administration. Purcell spent his last years at the Ursuline Convent in St. Martin, Ohio.
Creator	Winder & Co. Gem Gallery
Date of Original	1851 circa
Source	Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution	Archives of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Type	StillImage
Format	picture

Title	Om1119_1042148_008
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om1119_1042148_008.tif
Image Height	1568
Image Width	964
File Size	400.561 KB

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