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John Edward Gunn
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John Edward Gunn (15 March 1863 – 19 February 1924) was an Irish-born prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Natchez from 1911 until his death in 1924.
The oldest of eleven children, John Gunn was born on March 15, 1863, in Fivemiletown, County Tyrone, in Ireland to Edward and Mary (née Grew) Gunn. From 1875 to 1880, he studied at St. Mary's College in Dundalk, Ireland. He then attended the Marist House of Studies in Paignton, England (1880–1882) before furthering his studies in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University (1885–1890). While in Rome, Gunn made his profession in the Society of Mary on August 23, 1884.
Gunn was ordained to the priesthood in Rome by Patriarch Iulius Lenti on February 2, 1890. He then returned to Dundalk to teach at St. Mary's. In 1892, Gunn immigrated to the United States to teach moral theology at the Marist House of Studies at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
In 1898, Gunn was assigned to Atlanta, Georgia, to become pastor of the newly erected Sacred Heart Parish. The parish was already in debt when he arrived, as evidenced by an entry he made in his ledger upon is arrival: "September 25, 1898. Cash on hand 150." In February 1899, he advanced the parish an additional $360 to meet expenses. He later purchased an organ and 21 stained glass windows; installed confessionals, furnace, carpeting, and a choir and organ gallery; covered the two towers with copper; and added a second story to the rectory. During his pastorate at Sacred Heart, he also founded and served as the first president of the Marist College, and established a parochial school.
On June 29, 1911, Gunn was appointed the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Natchez by Pope Pius X. He received his episcopal consecration on August 29, 1911 from Archbishop James Blenk, with Bishops Edward Allen and John Morris serving as co-consecrators, at Sacred Heart Church. Upon Gunn's arrival that September, the diocese contained 75 churches, 46 priests, and 17,000 Catholics.
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