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Edward Dominic Fenwick, O.P. (August 19, 1768 – September 26, 1832) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church, a Dominican friar and the first Bishop of Cincinnati.
Feb 17, 2017 · Edward Fenwick was born in Maryland on August 19, 1768, studied at the Dominican Holy Cross College in Belgium, and in 1793 was ordained a Dominican priest. In 1805 Fenwick opened near Springfield, Kentucky, St. Rose Priory, the first Dominican house in the United States.
- Anne Ryckbost
- 2017
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Aug 12, 2018 · Dominican Father Edward Fenwick, later the first bishop of Cincinnati, came from Kentucky to visit local Catholics for the first time in 1808. Led by Jacob Dittoe, six Catholic families bought this half section of land and built an 18 by 22-foot log church.
Apr 26, 2021 · St. Rose Priory in Kentucky is the original home of the Dominicans in America. Dominic Edward Fenwick brought the Order of Preachers to the US and established them on the Kentucky frontier.
Feb 17, 2017 · Enslaved People owned by Edward Fenwick. In 1784, Fenwick inherited property including land in Charles County, Maryland and some enslaved people from his father, Colonel Ignatius Fenwick. Fenwick's brothers managed this inheritance while Fenwick studied in Europe.
- Anne Ryckbost
- 2017
St. Rose Priory in Kentucky is the original home of the Dominican order in the United States. Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell us how American-born Bishop Edward Fenwick brought the Order of Preachers to the US and established them here on the western frontier of the newborn country.
