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| | David W. Bacon |
 | | He received a classical training in the New York Roman Catholic schools, whence he proceeded to Mount St. Mary's College and Seminary, Emmettsburg, Maryland, and having completed his course returned to New York, where he was ordained in 1838. |
 | | In 1855 he was consecrated bishop of the newly created diocese of Portland, Maine, which embraced the states of Maine and New Hampshire. |
 | | He received a classical training in the New York Roman Catholic schools, whence he proceeded to Mount St. Mary's College and seminary, Emmettsburg, Maryland, and having completed his course returned to New York, where he was ordained in 1838, and soon afterward became pastor of the Church of the Assumption in Brooklyn. |
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