DUNNE, EDWARD JOSEPH
Adair's New Encyclopedia · 1923 · p. 8
(1848), Roman Catholic prelate; b. Tipperary, Ireland. He came with his parents to the United States in his infancy. He studied for the Church at the Theological Seminary at Baltimore, where he was ordained priest in 1871. Afterwards he became rector of All Saints, Chicago, until 1893, when he was appointed bishop of the diocese of Dallas, Texas, in succe ion to Bishop Thomas Brennan. To his resourcefulne was due the erection of the Roman Catholic cathedral in that city, one of the most imposing structures in the southwestern States. Amon other religious institutions establish during his bishopric were the Vincent i an College, St. Paul’s Sanitarium, the Ursuline Academy, novitiate and provincial house, and an industrial school for colored children.
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