Bishop Emmet M. Walsh photographs

Collection

Identifier: A-00-9029

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This is a three-quarter length, inscribed portrait photograph of Emmet M. Walsh, Bishop of Charleston.

Dates

Created: 1940, 1960

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Diocese of Charleston makes no representation that it is the owner of any copyright or other literary property in the materials contained in its archives. In providing access to or permitting the reproduction of any such materials, the Diocese of Charleston does not assume any responsibility for determining the nature of any rights, ownership or interest therein; nor for obtaining the appropriate permissions to publish or use; nor for determining the nature of any liabilities (for defamation and invasion of privacy) that may arise from any publication or use. This rests entirely with the researcher.

Biographical or Historical Information

Emmet Michael Walsh, a Roman Catholic priest and bishop, was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, to Thomas Walsh and Wilhelmina Jannerman Walsh in 1892. Walsh's family moved to Savannah, Georgia, in 1906. He attended Chatham Academy in Savannah and then seminary at St. Bernard's Seminary in Rochester, New York. Walsh returned to Savannah for his ordination in 1916. From 1916-1927, Walsh served as assistant at Immaculate Conception Church in Atlanta, Georgia; pastor of St. Teresa Catholic Church in Albany, Georgia; pastor of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Savannah; and then returned to Atlanta to serve as pastor of Immaculate Conception Church. In 1927, Walsh was appointed and ordained as the sixth bishop of Charleston in South Carolina. In 1949, Bishop Walsh was appointed coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, and titular bishop of Rhaedestus, Turkey. He succeeded as bishop of Youngstown in 1952. Walsh died in Youngstown in 1968.

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