Rev. John Nangle Fitzgerald Biography


	This biography appears on page 827 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
	OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net.

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				REV. JOHN NANGLE FITZGERALD. 

	Rev. John Nangle Fitzgerald, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church 
at Rapid City, was born in Belfast, New York, June 29, 1882. His 
father, Patrick Fitzgerald, was a railroad man and farmer and was a son 
of Patrick Fitzgerald, Sr., a native of Limerick county, Ireland, 
whence he came to the United States, settling in New York in 1837. The 
mother of our subject was in her maidenhood Mary Nangle, a daughter of 
John and Bridget (Moran) Nangle, both of Roscommon county, Ireland. 
Both Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald are still residents of Belfast, New York, 
where they have reared their family of eight children. 

	Father John Nangle Fitzgerald, who was the sixth in order of 
birth, supplemented his elementary education by study in St. 
Bonaventures College and Seminary at Allegany, New York, where he 
pursued his classical courses followed by study in philosophy and 
theology. He was ordained to the priesthood on the 10th of June, 1911, 
at St. Joseph's Cathedral by the Rt. Rev. Charles Colton, Bishop of 
Buffalo. Immediately after his ordination he came to South Dakota, 
taking charge of the parish of Burke in Gregory county and also having 
under his care the several missions in the surrounding territory. In 
October, 1913, he was appointed to Rapid City, where he has one of the 
largest and most desirable charges in the state. He is a zealous and 
able churchman, well known as a pulpit orator of unusual eloquence, 
while his supervision of all departments of church work has greatly 
furthered the interests of the cause. 

	Outside his strictly sectarian duties he finds time to take an 
active and helpful interest in all questions of public moment and can 
always be depended upon for cooperation in any movement looking toward 
the civic betterment of the city and community.