Occupation

Place Missouri, USA
Description Pastor

Narrative

Pastor of Sacred Heart, Warrensburg, Missouri between 1889 and 1891
Pastor of St. Joseph's parish, Kansas City, Missouri from about 1891
Pastor of St Mary's, Independence by 1925

Source References

  1. Sacred Heart Catholic Preschool: Sacred Heart Catholic Preschool Parish history
      • Page: Andrew G Clohessy, pastor
      • Web Page:

        https://shcatholic.com/about

      • Source text:

        "While Fr. Andrew G. Clohessy (1889-1891) was pastor, a rectory was built on the east side of the church."

  2. Carrie Westlake Whitney: Kansas City, Missouri; its history and its people 1808-1908, Vol. 1
      • Page: Page 408
      • Web Page:

        https://archive.org/details/kansascitymissou01whit

      • Source text:

        St. John's and St. Joseph's parishes were taken from the territory of
        St. Patrick's parish. Both were founded at the same time. Father James
        Phelan organized St. John's parish in February, 1882; the cornerstone of
        the church was laid Sunday, June 14, 1882. He purchased the pa.storal
        residence in 1892. Father James Kennedy of St. Joseph's said mass in an
        empty hall on Eighteenth street until he completed the basement of the
        church at Nineteenth and Harrison streets. He purchased the location on
        which he erected the parish school. In connection with the school property,
        he bought a lot and house for the Sisters. Father Clohessy became pastor
        in 1889 or 1890. He completed the church, and erected a pastoral residence.

  3. M. A. Solomon / R. J. Claybaugh, Architects, Inc. and Bernd Foerster. A. I. A.: Independence Historical Survey for the Heritage Commision, Independence, Missouri
      • Date: 1975
      • Page: Page 270
      • Web Page:

        https://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/survey/JAAS031-S.pdf

      • Source text:

        III. HISTORICAL INFORMATION
        The grading began on June 15, 1925, under the supervision of H. R. Foley. The actual construction
        was expected to begin in 20 days. ("Memorial Under Way", THE INDEPENDENCE EXAMINER,
        June 15, 1925)
        The cornerstone was laid August 16, 1925, with the simple inscription, " Erected in memory of
        those who gave their today for our tomorrow. " ("In Memory Of War Dead", THE KANSAS CITY
        TIMES, August 17, 1925). The article continued,
        " In the ceremonials of the corner stone laying yesterday political and sectarian
        lines were forgotten, all classes uniting wholeheartedly in the ceremony. On the
        program were ministers of the Protestant, the Roman Catholic, and the Reorganized
        Latter Day Saint faiths. In the closing prayer the Rev. A. G. Clohessy, parish
        priest of St. Mary's (Catholic) church, of Independence , referring to the young
        men who had given their lives in the war, remarked:
        "Jew and Gentile, Protestant and Catholic, they were trained together, they slept
        together, they messed together, they fought side by side, and they were buried together--God
        grant they may all rise together when God shall call them from their
        graves." Ibid.)

References

  1. Clohessy, Andrew G