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James F. Loughlin
1851–1911
A Catholic priest, educator, and lecturer, he wrote lively works on church history and major religious figures for general readers. His books reflect a late 19th-century gift for turning scholarship into clear, engaging narrative.
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St. Patrick, the Father of a Sacred Nation
by James F. Loughlin
About the author
Born in Auburn, New York, on May 8, 1851, James F. Loughlin was an American Catholic clergyman who studied in Rome at the Urban College of Propaganda and was ordained in 1874. After joining the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, he taught moral theology and canon law at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary and later became its rector.
Alongside his work as a priest and educator, he wrote sermons, lectures, and historical studies. Surviving records connect him with works such as Sermons and Lectures and St. Patrick, the Father of a Sacred Nation, showing his interest in explaining Catholic history and tradition in an accessible way.
Loughlin died in Barbados on March 17, 1911. Though not widely known today, he stands out as a churchman whose writing brought religious biography and history to a broad audience.