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of the College of the Holy Cross:
Rev. Thomas F. Mulledy, S.J.
First President of Holy Cross
1843-1845
The
first President of Holy Cross was born in Romney, Virginia on August
12, 1794. He entered Georgetown College in 1813 but left in 1815
to enter the Society of Jesus.
He made his philosophical studies in Rome and
was ordained a priest there in 1825. In 1829 he was appointed President
of Georgetown College and then Provincial of the Maryland Jesuits
from 1837 to 1840. After a three year stay in Turin, Italy, he was
appointed President of the newly begun College of the Holy Cross
in November, 1843. The first building, Fenwick Hall, was built under
his supervision.
Rev. Mulledy stayed at Holy Cross only two years
and then returned to Georgetown for a second term as its President
from 1845-1857 and served in Jesuit churches in Philadelphia and
Baltimore.
He died at Georgetown College on July 20, 1861
at the age of 66.
Link to
papers of President Mulledy RG 12.1 (.pdf file)
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