{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Archbishop | honorific_prefix = [[His Grace]] | name = Bartholomew Woodlock | title = [[Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise | Bishop Emeritus of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise]]<br/> [[Trapezopolis|Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis]] | image = Bartholomew Woodlock, portrait.png | appointed = 4 April 1879 | term_end = 1890 | predecessor = [[Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise|George Michael Conroy]] | successor = [[Joseph Hoare (bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise)|Joseph Hoare]] | other_post = [[Rector (academia)|Rector]] of the [[Catholic University of Ireland]] <br/> President of [[Catholic University School]] | ordination = 1831-priest, 1877-[[monsignor]], 1879-bishop | rank = Bishop | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1819|3|30}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1902|12|13|1819|3|30}} | buried = [[St Mel's Cathedral, Longford]] | denomination = [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] | parents = William and Mary (Cleary) Woodlock | alma_mater = [[Clongowes Wood College]], [[Roman College]], Appolinare Seminary | coat_of_arms= | module={{Infobox philosopher | nocat_wdimage = yes | embed = yes | region = Western philosophy | era = [[19th-century philosophy]] | school_tradition = [[Aristotelianism]]<ref>Joshua P. Hochschild, [http://www.mmisi.org/ma/45_04/hochschild.pdf "The Re-Imagined Aristotelianism of John Henry Newman"], mmisi.org. Accessed 15 November 2022.</ref><br/>[[Empiricism]]<ref>''John Henry Newman, Empiricist Philosophy, and the Certainty of Faith'', University of Oxford, 1974.</ref><br/>[[Personalism]]<ref>John Crosby, ''The Personalism of John Henry Newman'', The Catholic University of America Press, 2014.</ref> | main_interests = [[Faith and rationality]]<br/>[[Religious epistemology]]<br/>[[Historical theology]]<br/>[[Christian apologetics]]<br/>[[Philosophy of education]]<br/>[[Classics|Classical education]] }} }} '''Bartholomew Woodlock''' (30 March 1819 – 13 December 1902) was an Irish Catholic prelate, philosopher and educator who established the [[Catholic University School]], Dublin and founded the [[Society of Saint Vincent de Paul|Society of St Vincent de Paul]] in Ireland. He was the second [[Rector (academia)|rector]] of the [[Catholic University of Ireland]], now [[University College Dublin]], after Cardinal [[John Henry Newman]].
== Early life == He was born on 30 March 1819 in [[Dublin]], to William Woodlock and Mary Cleary. His father was a lawyer and associate of [[Daniel O'Connell]]. His parents were from [[Roscrea]], County Tipperary. His sister Johanna married [[Dominic Corrigan|Sir Dominic Corrigan]], a noted physician.
Woodlock was educated at the [[Jesuit]] Day-School, in Dublin and [[Clongowes Wood College]]. Thereafter, supported by the [[Archbishop of Dublin]] and the [[Jesuits]], he entered the [[Roman Colleges#Seminario Romano|Appolinare Seminary]] in Rome,<ref>{{cite book | last=Canning | first= Bernard| title= Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987| location= [[Ballyshannon]] | publisher= [[Donegal Democrat]]| pages=69–71| year=1988 | isbn= 1870963008}}</ref> winning prizes in Theology and Philosophy during his studies, he was awarded the degree of [[Doctor of Divinity]] at the age of 22. He joined the staff of [[All Hallows College]] in [[Drumcondra, Dublin|Drumcondra]] in Dublin, in 1843, which had been just set up by Fr. [[John Hand (priest)|John Hand]], following meeting him in Rome. He served as professor of Dogmatic Theology until 1854, when he was appointed President of the college. He also served as vice-rector and vice president of the College, as well as a priest in the Dublin Diocese.
Woodlock's sister-in-law, the philanthropist [[Ellen Woodlock]], helped establish what became [[Temple Street Children's University Hospital]], she was also the only woman to contribute to the House of Commons select committee meetings on Irish Poor Relief.<ref>''Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century Ireland'' by Maria Luddy.</ref>
== Diocesan work == In 1844 he helped set up the first branch of the St Vincent De Paul in Ireland,<ref>[https://archive.today/20120911012000/http://www.svp-ni.org/about_us.htm About us SVP] St. Vincent De Paul Northern Ireland.</ref> chairing the first meeting on 14 December 1844. He was appointed Spiritual Director of the organisation and was active in it up until his appointment as a bishop.<ref>''Memoir of the Most Rev Dr Woodlock'' (Dublin, 1903)</ref> Along with the architect [[James Joseph McCarthy|J.J. McCarthy]] and William Nugent he helped found the Irish Ecclesiological Society in 1849.
In 1861, Woodlock was appointed rector of the [[Catholic University of Ireland]] succeeding Cardinal [[John Henry Newman]]. He held the position until he was appointed a bishop.<ref>[http://www.ucd.ie/president/universityhistory/timeline/ UCD Timeline], ucd.ie. Accessed 15 November 2022.</ref> In line with Newman's educational philosophy, Woodlock set up the [[Catholic University School]] in 1867 as a [[Preparatory school (United Kingdom)|preparatory school]] for the [[University College Dublin|Catholic University of Ireland]].{{cn|date=November 2022}}
Woodlock was appointed monsignor in 1877 and consecrated [[Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise|bishop of Ardagh]] in 1879 in the [[Sistine Chapel]] in Rome by [[Pope Leo XIII]], serving in [[Longford]] until 1895 when he reached retirement age and was appointed [[titular bishop]] of Trapezopolis.{{cn|date=November 2022}}
==Death== Woodlock died on 13 December 1902, and is buried at St Mel's Cathedral, Longford. His papers are held in [[Clonliffe College]].<ref>[http://www.dublindiocese.ie/content/archives Archives], Dublindiocese.ie. Accessed 15 November 2022.</ref>
==See also== *[[Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise (Roman Catholic)]] *[[Catholic University School]] *[[John Henry Newman]] *[[Catholic University of Ireland]] *[[University College Dublin]]
{{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{succession box | before = [[George Michael Conroy]] | title = [[Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise]] | years = 1879–1895 | after = Joseph Hoare }} {{s-aca}} {{succession box |before = Rev. [[David Moriarty]] DD |title = President of [[All Hallows College]], Dublin |years = 1854–1861 |after = Rev. [[Thomas A. Bennett]] DD OCC }} {{succession box |before = Cardinal [[John Henry Newman]] |title = Rector of [[Catholic University of Ireland]] |years = 1861–1879 |after = Rev. [[Henry Neville (Rector)|Henry Neville]] }} {{s-end}}
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