William Quarter
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William J. Quarter was an Irish-born Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Chicago from 1844 to 1848.
Bishop William Quarter
Old St. Peter's Church, New York City (1914 image)
University of St. Mary of the Lake, Chicago, Illinois (2021)
Richard Vincent Whelan
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Richard Vincent Whelan was an American Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Wheeling in Virginia from 1850 to 1874. He previously served as bishop of Richmond in Virginia from 1841 to 1850.
William Quarter
…of Chicago by Pope Gregory XVI. He received his episcopal consecration on March 10, 1844, from Bishop John Hughes, with Bishops Benedict Fenwick and Richard Whelan serving as co-consecrators, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan While still in New York City, Quarter met Mother Frances Ward, who was arriving…
Bishop Richard Vincent Whelan