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KAIN, John Joseph, R. C. archbishop, born in
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia, 31 May, 1841; died 13 October 1903.
He was graduated at the Preparatory seminary of St. Charles, Catonsville MD,
went through a course of theology and philosophy in St. Mary's College (later
Seminary and University), Baltimore, and was ordained by Archbishop Spalding, 2
July, 1866.
He was then stationed at Harper's Ferry, but for several
years also had charge of the Roman Catholics living in eight counties of West
Virginia and four of Virginia. During his pastorate he restored the churches of
Harper's Ferry and Martinsburg, and rebuilt those that had been destroyed at
Winchester and Berkeley Springs during the civil war.
He was nominated bishop of Wheeling, 21 February, 1875,
and consecrated by Archbishop Bayley in the following May. Bishop Kain had, by
1887, thirty-four priests under his jurisdiction, ministering to a Roman
Catholic population of over 20,000. There were sixty-two churches and eight
chapels in his diocese, and forty stations. There were four convents, one
college for boys, six academies for girls, an orphan asylum, and a hospital. The
total number of pupils in the parochial schools reached nearly 2,000.
On 21 May 1893 he was appointed coadjutor to Archbishop
Peter R. Kenrick of St. Louis Mo. He was installed on 15 June as titular
archbishop of Oxyrynchus in partibus infideliorm. and administered the
archdiocese until he succeeded Archbishop Kenrick on 21 May 1895. He governed
the archdiocese until his death in 1903. He was the forth bishop and the first
native-born American archbishop of St. Louis.
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, by John Looby Copyright © 2001 StanKlos.comTM
KAIN, John Joseph, R. C. bishop, born in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia, 31 May, 1841. He was graduated at the Preparatory seminary of St. Charles, went through a course of theology and philosophy in St. Mary's college, Baltimore, and was ordained by Archbishop Spalding, 2 July, 1866. He was then stationed at Harper's Ferry, but for several years also had charge of the Roman Catholics living in eight counties of West Virginia and four of Virginia. During his pastorate he restored the churches of Harper's Ferry and Martinsburg, and rebuilt those that had been destroyed at Winchester and Berkeley Springs during the civil war. He was nominated bishop of Wheeling, 21 February, 1875, and consecrated by Archbishop Bayley in the following May. Bishop Kain has now (1887) thirty-four priests under his jurisdiction, ministering to a Roman Catholic population of over 20,000. There are sixty-two churches and eight chapels in his diocese, and forty stations. There are four convents, one college for boys, six academies for girls, an orphan asylum, and a hospital. The total number of pupils in the parochial schools reaches nearly 2,000.
