Background
One of five children, Garvey was born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, to Michael and Catherine (née Boylan) Garvey, who were Irish immigrants.
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Eugene Augustine Garvey
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After graduating from Scranton High School, he studied at Saint Charles College in Ellicott City, Maryland and at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Overbrook, Pennsylvania.
Career
He was raised in nearby Dunmore, where he received his early education. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop William O"Hara on September 22, 1869. He then served as a curate in Hawley before being transferred to Athens in 1871.
He was pastor of Annunciation Church in Williamsport from 1871 until 1899, when he became vicar general of the Diocese of Scranton and rector of Saint John"s Church in Pittston.
He was named a monsignor in 1900. On May 31, 1901, Garvey was appointed the first Bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Altoona by Pope Leo XIII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 8 from Archbishop Sebastiano Martinelli, Ontario Society of Artists, with Bishop Michael John Hoban and John Edmund Fitzmaurice serving as co-consecrators, at Saint Peter"s Cathedral.
He served as Bishop for 19 years, until his death at age 75.
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Irish American