Sylvester Horton Rosecrans | |
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| Bishop of Columbus Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Columbus |
| In office | March 3, 1868 – October 21, 1878 |
| Successor | John Ambrose Watterson |
| Previous post(s) | Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati (1862–1868) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 5, 1852 |
| Consecration | March 25, 1862 by John Baptist Purcell Martin John Spalding John Luers[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 5, 1827 Homer, Ohio, USA |
| Died | October 21, 1878 (aged 51) Columbus, Ohio, USA |
Sylvester Horton Rosecrans (February 5, 1827 – October 21, 1878) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Columbus in Ohio from 1868 until his death in 1878. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati in Ohio from 1862 to 1868.
- ^ Clarke, D.A. (1918). Diocese of Columbus : the history of fifty years, 1868-1918. Columbus: Diocese of Columbus. p. 30.