Charleston County Public Library

Patrick N. Lynch, 1817-1882, third Catholic bishop of Charleston, David C.R. Heisser and Stephen J. White, Sr

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Patrick N. Lynch, 1817-1882

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David C.R. Heisser and Stephen J. White, Sr

third Catholic bishop of Charleston

"Patrick Neison Lynch, born in a small town in Ireland, became the third Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina. Lynch is remembered today mostly for his support of the Confederacy, his unofficial diplomatic mission to the Vatican on behalf of the Confederate cause, and for his ownership and management of slaves owned by the Catholic diocese. In the first biography of Lynch, David C.R. Heisser and Stephen J. White, Sr., investigate those controversial issues in Lynch's life, but they also illuminate his intellectual character and his labors as bishop of Charleston in a critical era of the state and nation's religious history. During the nineteenth century, Catholics both assimilated into South Carolina's predominantly Protestant society and preserved their own faith and practices."--Publisher's website

Formative years -- Priest in Charleston -- Advancement in the 1850s -- Slaveholdings -- The war -- Rome mission -- Slavery treatise -- War's end and return home -- Baltimore second plenary -- Reconstruction -- 1870s to his death