In Reply to: dedication of the church of the holy rosary in 1901 posted by M on April 21, 2007 at 11:46:24:

Most Rev. Patrick Anthony Ludden
Most Rev. Patrick Anthony Ludden, first bishop of Syracuse, was born on February 4, 1836 in Ballinavosh Breaffy County Mayo, Ireland, son of Anthony and Ellen Fitzgerald and was ordained a priest May 21, 1864 for the Albany Diocese. His assignments included: St. Joseph’s Church, Malone, NY, Chancellor of Albany Diocese, theologian and companion to Bishop Conroy at the 20th Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, Vicar General of Diocese of Albany and rector of Albany Cathedral, pastor of St. Peter’s Church, Troy. Appointed Bishop of Diocese of Syracuse on December 14, 1886, consecrated Bishop on May 1, 1887 at Assumption Church. He chose St. John the Evangelist as his Cathedral and in 1903 left St. John the Evangelist and took St. Mary’s as the Cathedral of the Diocese. His motto was “Justice and Peace”. Bishop Ludden died August 6, 1912 and is buried in the crypt under the Cathedral.
The McTigue family of the Shamrock Bar and Ballinavosh are relatives of the late Bishop