Martin John Spalding

Martin John Spalding (May 23, 1810 – February 7, 1872) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Louisville and as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Quotes about Martin John Spalding

• Archbishop Spalding was a fine representative of the type of men who organized and developed the Church in the United States. To a strong faith he added sincere piety and tender devotion, to scholarship a high degree of administrative ability, and to his zeal for Catholicism a loyal interest in the welfare of his country.
  • Louis O'Donovan, Martin John Spalding (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia