Bishop Edward Dominic Fenwick, O.P. (b. August 19, 1768, St. Mary's County (Maryland) - d. September 26, 1832, Wooster, Ohio) was born on the Patuxent river, Maryland (then a colony) to Colonel Ignatius Fenwick and Sarah Taney. Colonel Fenwick was a military figure of the American Revolution and one of the early Catholic families of Maryland; he was educated, aged 16, at the College of Bornheim, near Antwerp, Belgium.
Upon completion of his studi...
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Bishop Edward Dominic Fenwick, O.P. (b. August 19, 1768, St. Mary's County (Maryland) - d. September 26, 1832, Wooster, Ohio) was born on the Patuxent river, Maryland (then a colony) to Colonel Ignatius Fenwick and Sarah Taney. Colonel Fenwick was a military figure of the American Revolution and one of the early Catholic families of Maryland; he was educated, aged 16, at the College of Bornheim, near Antwerp, Belgium.
Upon completion of his studies he entered the Dominican Order and entered the seminary at Bornheim as a theological student. After ordination he became a professor at the Dominican College. Belgium being invaded during the French Revolution, Fenwick was initially imprisoned under threat of death but later released upon proof of his American citizenship. After release from prison he travelled to England and entered a convent of the Dominican Order.
He returned to the United States anxious to establish the Dominican Order. He was received by Bishop John Carroll, who...
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