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Most Reverend Peter Richard Kenrick | |
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| Archbishop of St. Louis | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Appointed | July 20, 1847 |
| Term ended | May 21, 1895 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Rosati, C.M. |
| Successor | John Joseph Kain |
| Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Draso (1841–1843) Coadjutor bishop of St. Louis (1841–1843) Bishop of St. Louis (1843–1847) Titular Archbishop of Marcianopolis (1895–1896) |
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| Ordination | March 6, 1832 by Daniel Murray |
| Consecration | November 30, 1841 by Joseph Rosati |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 17, 1806 |
| Died | March 4, 1896 (aged 89) St. Louis, Missouri, US |
| Buried | Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis |
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Peter Richard Kenrick (August 17, 1806 – March 4, 1896) was an Irish Catholic priest who served as Bishop of St. Louis from 1843 to 1895. The see was made an archdiocese in 1847, when he was called as the first archbishop west of the Mississippi River. The archdiocese covered nearly all the territory of the Louisiana Purchase. He served in this position for nearly 50 years, until months before his death.
Kenrick was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, where he was educated at Maynooth College and ordained as a priest in 1832. He and his older brother Francis Kenrick both served all their lives as priests and officials in the Catholic Church in the United States. For a time they both served in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.