Background
Meagher, Raymond was born on December 24, 1872 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Mary (Meagher) Meagher.
Meagher, Raymond was born on December 24, 1872 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Mary (Meagher) Meagher.
Preparatory education Boston Latin School. Graduate Dominican colleges, Springfield, Kentucky, and Somerset, O. Licentiate of Sacred Theology, U. Louvain, 1896.
Doctor of Laws, Seton Hall (New Jersey) College, 1917. Doctor of Laws, Manhattan College, New York City, 1929.
Joined Dominican Fathers, 1887.
Ordained priest Roman Catholic Church, 1895. Prior Saint Antoninun Church, Newark, 1899-1907, Saint Vincent Ferrer Church, New York City, 1907-1910, Saint Dominic Church, Washington, 1910-1913. Vicar Saint Peter’s Vicarate and pastor Saint Peter’s Church, Memphis.
Provincial of Dominicans 4 times.
Erected priory at Newark. Began Monumental Church of Saint Vincent, Ferrer, New York City.
Founded and built Providence (Rhode Island) College, House of Studies, River Forest, Illinois. Erected Aquinas College, Columbus, Ohio, Dominican High School, Oak Park, Illinois.
Vicar Saint Peter’s Vicarate and pastor Saint Peter’s Church, Memphis.