Background
Glass was born in Bushnell, Illinois, to James and Mary Edith (née Kelly) Glass.
Glass was born in Bushnell, Illinois, to James and Mary Edith (née Kelly) Glass.
Loyola Marymount University.
He served as Bishop of Salt Lake from 1915 until his death in 1926. After receiving his early education in Sedalia, Missouri, he entered Saint Vincent"s College at Los Angeles, California, in 1887. He returned to Missouri in 1891 and then enrolled at Saint Mary"s Seminary in Perryville.
He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop George Thomas Montgomery on August 15, 1897.
He then furthered his studies at the College of the Propaganda in Rome, where he earned his Doctor of Divinity in 1899. Upon his return to the United States, Glass taught dogmatic theology at Saint Mary"s Seminary until 1900, when he became professor of moral theology and director of the seminarians.
In June 1901 he was named president of Saint Vincent"s College and pastor of Saint Vincent"s Church at Los Los Angeles During his 10-year-long presidency, he broadened the curriculum to a full university course and made it one of the most prominent educational institutions in Southern California.
On June 1, 1915, Glass was appointed the second Bishop of Salt Lake, Utah, by Pope Benedict XV. He received his episcopal consecration on the following August 24 from Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna, with Bishops Thomas Francis Lillis and Thomas Grace serving as co-consecrators.
Glass later died at age 51.