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Rev. Terence McCabe
REV. TERENCE McCABE, priest in charge of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church at
Coraopolis, Allegheny Co., Pa., was born Dec. 1, 1867, in County Cavan,
Ireland, son of John and Bridget (Smith) McCabe.Father McCabe secured his classical and ecclesiastical education in
Ireland, and came to the United States in November, 1898. Immediately upon his
arrival here he proceeded to Pittsburgh, Pa., to become assistant priest at
the Mount Washington Catholic Church. Later he was sent as assistant priest to
St. John’s Church, in Altoona, Pa., and held the same office at St. John’s
Church (South Side), Pittsburgh; St. Patrick’s Church, Newry, Pa.; St.
Patrick’s Church, Pittsburgh; and St. Alphonsus Church, Murrinsville, in
Butler county, Pa. In June, 1906, he became priest in charge of St. Mary’s
Church at Freeport, where he remained five and one-half years. He organized
the Catholic parochial school in Freeport, and had placed it and the church in
a flourishing condition. In December, 1911, Father McCabe was transferred from
Freeport, Pa., to Coraopolis, Pa., and has charge of the Catholic Church in
that borough at present.Source: Page 719 Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed September, 1998 by Joyce Sherry for the Armstrong County Beers
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