Henry P. Northrop


Henry Pinckney Northrop was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina and Bishop of Charleston .

Henry Northrop was born in Charleston, South Carolina, to Claudian Byrd and Hannah Eliza Northrop. He received his early education at Georgetown College in Washington, D.C. from 1853 to 1856. He then studied at Mount St. Marys College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, from where he graduated in 1860. He attended the theological seminary for four years before continuing his studies at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 25, 1865.

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