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Archbishop Walsh was established in 1958 and is the only Catholic high school in Western New York south of Cattaraugus Creek. [1] Constructed at the height of the Cold War, the building's foundation included a fall out shelter for students and faculty in the event nuclear war found its way to the Enchanted Mountains.
In October 1957, the Diocese of Buffalo, New York announced the opening of a central Catholic high school in Olean, New York, near St Bonaventure University, to be named Archbishop Walsh High School, in honor of Thomas Walsh. The school operated from its original location on 24th Street in Olean until 2023, when it relocated to the former St ...
The school was founded by the Christian Brothers, a monastic order, and is named in honor of the Bishop James Walsh, a Cumberland-born missionary and member of the Maryknoll order, who preached in China and was imprisoned in solitary confinement by its Communist government for twelve years. [1]
Thomas Boland was born in Orange, New Jersey, to John Peter and Ellen Agnes (née O'Rourke) Boland. [1] He received his early education at the St. John's School, the parish school of St. John the Evangelist Parish in the City of Orange [2] He then attended St. Francis Xavier High School in New York City.
Walsh was born on October 10, 1885, in South Boston, Massachusetts. [5] The youngest of six siblings, his father, John Francis Walsh, was a career police officer in the Boston Police Department, and his mother, Catherine J. (née Noonan) Walsh, [6] emigrated from Ireland to the United States with her family as a young girl. [7]
In 1859, Bishop Connolly was named as Archbishop Walsh's successor. [1] His nomination was strongly supported by both Archbishop Paul Cullen of Dublin and Archbishop John Hughes of New York. The four dioceses of Halifax, Arichat, Charlottetown, Saint John, and the newly created diocese of Chatham were under Archbishop Connolly’s jurisdiction. [2]
John Francis O'Hara CSC (August 1, 1888 – August 28, 1960) was an American member of the Congregation of Holy Cross and prelate of the Catholic Church.He served as president of the University of Notre Dame (1934–1939) and as the Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1951 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958.
Joseph Marino was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on January 23, 1953, [1] one of three sons of Salvador Marino, an electrical engineer, and Josephine Marino. He grew up in the Ensley neighborhood of Birmingham and graduated from John Carroll High School in Birmingham in 1971. [2]