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Canadian-born prelate

Most Reverend Lawrence Stephen McMahon
Bishop of Hartford

Church	Catholic Church
See	Hartford
In office	August 10, 1879 – August 21, 1893
Predecessor	Thomas Galberry, O.S.A.
Successor	Michael Tierney
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Ordination	March 24, 1860 by Costantino Patrizi Naro
Consecration	August 10, 1879 by John Joseph Williams
Personal details
Born	(1835-12-26)December 26, 1835 St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
Died	August 21, 1893(1893-08-21) (aged 57) Lakeville, Connecticut, United States
Alma mater	College of the Holy Cross Collège de Montréal St. Mary's Seminary
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Lawrence Stephen McMahon (December 26, 1835 – August 21, 1893) was a Canadian-born prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Hartford from 1879 until his death in 1893.

Biography

Lawrence McMahon was born in Saint John, New Brunswick to Owen and Sarah McMahon, and in 1839 came with his parents to the United States, where they settled in Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts. His younger brother John later became pastor of St. Mary's, Charlestown Receiving his early education at the public schools of Boston, he entered the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester at age 15, and remained there until the college was destroyed by fire in 1852. He then studied rhetoric at the Collège de Montréal, Quebec, and philosophy at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland.

Bishop John Bernard Fitzpatrick of Boston had arranged for McMahon to study at the Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide, but given the political unrest in Italy at that time, McMahon changed plans and went to the College of Aix in France where he studied theology for three years. He then went to the French Seminary of Santa Clara in Rome while attending lectures at the Apollinaire,. He was ordained to the priesthood on March 24, 1860.

McMahon was first assigned as a curate at Holy Cross Cathedral in Boston, and served as chaplain to the 28th Massachusetts regiment during the Civil War from 1863 to 1865. Returning from the war, he served as pastor in Bridgewater and then in New Bedford, where he erected St. Lawrence's Church and a hospital under the care of the Sisters of Mercy. He was also named the first vicar general of the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, in 1872.

On May 16, 1879, McMahon was appointed the fifth Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, by Pope Leo XIII. He received his episcopal consecration on August 10 from Archbishop John Joseph Williams, with Bishops John Loughlin and Patrick Thomas O'Reilly serving as co-consecrators, at Hartford. He soon liquidated the diocese's $60,000 debt, and continued to execute the building plans of his predecessors for the Cathedral of St. Joseph, which he dedicated in May 1892. His brother would use the same architect, Patrick Keely, and sculptor Joseph Sibbel in the construction of his church in Charlestown.

During his 14-year tenure, he established 48 parishes and 16 parochial schools.

McMahon later died at Lakeville, aged 57. He is buried in the Bishop's Plot at Mount St. Benedict Cemetery in Bloomfield, Connecticut.

References

St. Mary's Centennial Booklet, 1928
^ "Hartford". Catholic Encyclopedia.
^ "Laurence S. M'Mahon". The New York Times. May 10, 1879. p. 2. Retrieved April 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bishop Lawrence Stephen McMahon". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
"History of the Cathedral of St. Joseph". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford. Archived from the original on December 25, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2009.
"History". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved August 15, 2009.

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Preceded byThomas Galberry, O.S.A.	Bishop of Hartford 1879—1893	Succeeded byMichael Tierney

v t e Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford
Ordinaries	Bishops William Tyler Bernard O'Reilly Francis Patrick McFarland Thomas Galberry, O.S.A. Lawrence S. McMahon Michael Tierney John J. Nilan Maurice F. McAuliffe Archbishops Henry J. O'Brien John Francis Whealon Daniel Anthony Cronin Henry J. Mansell Leonard P. Blair Coadjutor archbishops Christopher J. Coyne
Auxiliary bishops	Joseph Francis Donnelly John Francis Hackett Paul Loverde Christie Macaluso John Gregory Murray Henry Joseph O'Brien Peter A. Rosazza Juan Miguel Betancourt
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hartford Basilica Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Waterbury Parishes St. Joseph Church, Ansonia St. Stanislaus Church, Bristol St. Michael the Archangel Church, Derby St. Adalbert Church, Enfield St. Augustine Church, Hartford Holy Trinity Church, Hartford SS. Cyril and Methodius Church, Hartford St. Stanislaus Church, Meriden Holy Cross Church, New Britain Sacred Heart Church, New Britain St. Mary's Church, New Haven St. Joseph's Church, New Haven St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven St. Mary Church, Newington Church of the Immaculate Conception, Norfolk Immaculate Conception Church, Southington St. Joseph Church, Suffield St. Casimir Church, Terryville St. Mary Church, Torrington St. Hedwig Church, Union City St. Patrick - St. Anthony Church, Hartford SS. Peter and Paul Church, Wallingford St. Anne Church, Waterbury Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Waterbury Former parishes St. Anne/Immaculate Conception Parish, Hartford St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Waterbury
Education	Seminaries St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield High schools Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall, Milford Canterbury School, New Milford East Catholic High School, Manchester Holy Cross High School, Waterbury Northwest Catholic High School, West Hartford Notre Dame High School, West Haven Sacred Heart Academy, Hamden Sacred Heart High School, Waterbury St. Paul Catholic High School, Bristol
Priests	Peter Leo Gerety Francis Patrick Keough
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