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James Whitfield

Biography

James Whitfield, PSS (November 3, 1770 – October 19, 1834) was an English-born Catholic prelate who served as archbishop of Baltimore from 1828 until his death in 1834. He was a member of the Sulpicians. A businessman from a wealthy English family, Whitfield enter a Catholic seminary in France as an adult in the early 1800s and was ordained a priest in the Sulpician Order in 1809. After serving as a priest in England for several years, he traveled to Maryland in 1817 to serve in the Diocese of Baltimore. He was rector of the cathedral and vicar general of archdiocese until being appointed archbishop in 1828. Whitfield is known for hosting the first two provincial councils of American bishops, where policies for running the new American Catholic Church were established. He is also known for spending his personal fortune to build churches and sponsor priests, and for his assistance to the African-American community.

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Discography

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Credited work

16 releases · 3 albums · active 1971–2022

  • Other credits · 11
  • Performance · 5

Studios: Criteria Recording Studios

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