Edmond Francis Prendergast

Edmond Francis Prendergast was an Irishborn prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1911 until his death in 1918.

Edmond Prendergast was born in Clonmel, County Tipperary, to Lawrence and Joanna Prendergast. Three of his uncles and two brothers were also priests, and two sisters entered religious life. While a theological student in his native country, he accepted an invitation from one of his uncles to come to the United States in 1859. He then enrolled at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he proved to be a talented student. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop James Frederick Wood on November 17, 1865.

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