Henry Cosgrove


Henry Cosgrove was a late 19thcentury and early 20thcentury bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as the second bishop of Diocese of Davenport, in the state of Iowa from 18841906.

Henry Cosgrove was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania on December 19, 1834, to John and Bridget Cosgrove. The family moved to Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania and then to Dubuque, Iowa in 1845. He studied with the Rev. Joseph Cretin, who was the vicar general of the Diocese of Dubuque, and later first bishop of St. Paul. He furthered his education at St. Marys Seminary in Perry County, Missouri for the classics, and the seminary at Carondelet in Missouri for theology. He was ordained a priest by Bishop Clement Smyth on August 27, 1857 for the Diocese of Dubuque. He was assigned to St. Margarets Church in Davenport to assist the Rev. Andrew Trevis.

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