Henry Gabriels

Henry Gabriels was a Belgianborn prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York from 1892 until his death in 1921.

Henry Gabriels was born at WannegemLede, East Flanders. He made his classical studies in St. Marys College of the neighboring city of Oudenaarde, his philosophy course at the preparatory seminary of SaintNicolas, and his theological curriculum for two years in the seminary of Ghent. After entering the University of Louvain, he was ordained to the priesthood onSeptember 1861. He received the degree of Licentiate in Theology from the Louvain in 1864, in the same class of four with John Lancaster Spalding, the first Bishop of Peoria, Illinois.

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