Charles H. Colton

American prelate

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Charles Henry Colton
Bishop of Buffalo

Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Diocese of Buffalo
Installed	1903 (1903)
Term ended	1915 (1915)
Predecessor	James Edward Quigley
Successor	Dennis Joseph Dougherty
Orders
Ordination	June 10, 1876 (1876-06-10)
Consecration	August 24, 1903 (1903-08-24) by John Murphy Farley
Personal details
Born	(1848-10-15)October 15, 1848 New York City, US
Died	May 9, 1915(1915-05-09) (aged 66) Buffalo, New York, US
Buried	Saint Joseph's Cathedral
Parents	Patrick Smith Teresa Augusta (née Mullin)
Education	Saint Joseph's Cathedral St. Francis Xavier College St. Joseph's Seminary
Motto	"God is with us"

Charles Henry Colton (October 15, 1848 – May 9, 1915) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo in New York from 1903 until his death in 1915.

Biography

Early life and education

Charles Colton was born on June 10, 1876, in New York City to Patrick Smith and Teresa Augusta (née Mullin) Colton, both Irish immigrants.^[1] He received his early education at Public School No. 5 and the Latin school of St. Stephen's Parish in Manhattan.^[1] As a boy, he held a clerical position in a dry goods store.^[2] In 1869, Colton entered St. Francis Xavier College in Manhattan, graduating in 1873.^[3] He then studied theology at St. Joseph's Seminary in Troy, New York.^[2]

Priesthood

Colton was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of New York on June 10, 1876.^[4] His first assignment was as a curate at St. Stephen's under Father Edward McGlynn.^[3] He remained at St. Stephen's for ten years, also serving as a chaplain at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan.^[1] In 1886, Colton was named pastor of Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Port Chester, New York.^[2]

Following the McGlynn excommunication, Colton returned to St. Stephen's in 1887 to assist Father Arthur Donnelly, who had been assigned as temporary administrator.^[1] Later that year, he assumed the role of St. Stephen's upon Donnelly's resignation.^[1] He enjoyed remarkable success in his new post, restoring harmony among the congregation, eliminating the parish debt of $152,000, and establishing a parochial school.^[3] In addition to his pastoral duties, he became chancellor of the Archdiocese of New York in 1896.^[3]

Bishop of Buffalo

On June 10, 1903, Colton was appointed the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo by Pope Leo XIII.^[4] He received his episcopal consecration on August 24, 1903, from Archbishop John Farley, with Bishops Bernard McQuaid and Charles McDonnell serving as co-consecrators, in St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan.^[4] During his tenure, the diocese was composed of 72 churches, 18 combination school-churches, 30 schools, 12 academies, 13 hospitals, and charitable institutions, 6 convents, and 28 rectories.^[5]

On December 17, 1905, a gold cross was stolen from Colton after a church celebration. The cross, valued at $1,000, was cut from Colton's vestments as he was exiting St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in Buffalo.^[6]

Death

Bishop Colton died in Buffalo on May 9, 1915, aged 66. He is buried in the crypt of St. Joseph's Cathedral, Buffalo.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Cutter, William Richard, ed. (1912). Genealogical and Family History of Western New York. Vol. II. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company.
^ ^a ^b ^c The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XII. New York: James T. White & Company. 1904.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "BISHOP C.H. COLTON OF BUFFALO IS DEAD". The New York Times. 1915-05-10.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Bishop Charles Henry Colton". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
^ ^a ^b "Most Rev. Charles H. Colton". Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo. Archived from the original on 2010-06-13.
^ "BISHOP ROBBED AT CHURCH.; Cross Valued at $1,000 Taken from Mgr. Colton at Buffalo". The New York Times. 1905-12-18. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-16.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by James E. Quigley	Bishop of Buffalo 1903–1915	Succeeded by Dennis Joseph Dougherty

Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo

Ordinaries

Bishops: John Timon; Stephen Michael Vincent Ryan; James Edward Quigley; Charles Henry Colton; Dennis Joseph Dougherty; William Turner; John Aloysius Duffy; John Francis O'Hara; Joseph Aloysius Burke; James Aloysius McNulty; Edward Dennis Head; Henry Joseph Mansell; Edward Urban Kmiec; Richard Joseph Malone; Michael William Fisher

Auxiliary bishops: Joseph Aloysius Burke; Leo Richard Smith; Pius Anthony Benincasa; Stanislaus Joseph Brzana; Bernard Joseph McLaughlin; Donald Walter Trautman; Edward M. Grosz

Churches

List: List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo

Cathedral: St. Joseph Cathedral, Buffalo

Basilicas: Our Lady of Victory Basilica, Lackawanna; St. Mary of the Angels Basilica, Olean; Basilica of The National Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, Lewiston

Chapel: Our Lady Help of Christians Chapel, Cheektowaga

Parishes: All Saints Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo; Blessed Sacrament Church, Buffalo; Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo; Church of St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr, Buffalo; Corpus Christi Church, Buffalo; Holy Angels Church, Buffalo; St. Louis Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo

Former parishes: Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church Complex, Niagara Falls; St. Adalbert's Basilica, Buffalo; St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo; St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Parish, Buffalo; St. Gerard's Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo; Saint Mary of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo

Education

Colleges and universities: Canisius University, Buffalo; D'Youville University, Buffalo; Hilbert College, Hamburg; Niagara University, Niagara County; St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure; Trocaire College, Buffalo; Villa Maria College, Buffalo

Convents: Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity; Villa Maria Motherhouse Complex

High schools: Archbishop Walsh High School, Olean; Bishop Timon – St. Jude High School, Buffalo; Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart, Buffalo; Canisius High School, Buffalo; Cardinal O'Hara High School, Town of Tonawanda; Mount Mercy Academy, Buffalo; Mount Saint Mary Academy, Kenmore; Nardin Academy, Buffalo; Niagara Catholic High School, Niagara Falls; Notre Dame High School, Batavia; Saint Francis High School, Athol Springs; St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute, Buffalo; St. Mary's High School, Lancaster

Closed: Immaculata Academy, Hamburg

Priests

Nelson Baker

John P. Boland

Celestine Joseph Damiano

John Joseph Fitzpatrick

Edmund Francis Gibbons

Francis Xavier Krautbauer

John Joseph McMahon

James Johnston Navagh

Thomas Joseph Walsh

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Auxiliary bishops, current	Peter John Byrne Gerardo Joseph Colacicco Edmund James Whalen John Samuel Bonnici Joseph Armando Espaillat
Auxiliary bishops, emeritus	Josu Iriondo John Joseph Jenik Dominick John Lagonegro James Francis McCarthy John Joseph O'Hara Gerald Thomas Walsh
Auxiliary bishops, former, currently living	Henry J. Mansell Theodore McCarrick Timothy A. McDonnell Edwin Frederick O'Brien Dennis Joseph Sullivan
Auxiliary bishops, former, deceased	Patrick Vincent Ahern Edwin Broderick Thomas Cusack Edward Vincent Dargin Joseph Patrick Donahue John Joseph Dunn John Michael Fearns Joseph Francis Flannelly Francisco Garmendia William Jerome McCormack James Griffiths George Henry Guilfoyle Edward Dennis Head Walter P. Kellenberg John Joseph Maguire James Patrick Mahoney William Jerome McCormack James Francis McIntyre Anthony Francis Mestice Emerson John Moore Joseph Thomas O'Keefe Joseph Maria Pernicone Fulton J. Sheen Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan Austin Bernard Vaughan Robert Anthony Brucato
Bishops who served as priests in the archdiocese, living	Charles Daniel Balvo Charles John Brown William Muhm
Bishops who served as priests in the archdiocese, deceased	St. John Nepomucene Neumann Patrick Aloysius O'Boyle Charles H. Colton John J. Conroy Philip Joseph Furlong Charles Edward McDonnell Francis Patrick McFarland Francis McNeirny Bernard John Joseph McQuaid Rrok Kola Mirdita John Joseph Mitty Joseph Thomas Dimino William Quarter Francis Frederick Reh Joseph Francis Rummel William Scully
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v t e Churches in the Archdiocese of New York
Archdiocese	Cathedral St. Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan Former cathedral Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral
New York City	Bronx Blessed Sacrament Church Church of the Sacred Heart Christ the King's Church Holy Cross Church Immaculate Conception Church Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church Our Lady of Mercy's Church Our Lady of Mount Carmel's Church Our Lady of the Nativity of Our Blessed Lady's Church Our Lady of Solace's Church St. Angela Merici's Church St. Anselm's Church St. Ann's Church St. Anthony's Church St. Anthony of Padua Church St. Athanasius's Church St. Augustine's Church St. Barnabas' Church St. Brendan's Church St. Clare of Assisi's Church St. Dominic's Church St. Frances de Chantal's Church St. Frances of Rome's Church St. Francis Xavier's Church St. Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church St. Helena's Church St. Jerome's Church St. Joan of Arc's Church St. John's Church St. John Chrysostom's Church St. Joseph's Church St. Lucy's Church St. Luke's Church St. Margaret Mary's Church St. Margaret of Cortona's Church St. Martin of Tours' Church St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church St. Pius V's Church St. Raymond's Church Church of St. Simon Stock St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus Church SS. Peter and Paul's Church Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Manhattan All Saints Church Church of the Annunciation Chapel of the Resurrection Church of Notre Dame Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church of Our Lady of Sorrows Church of Our Lady of the Scapular–St. Stephen Church of Sts. Cyril & Methodius and St. Raphael Church of St. Catherine of Genoa Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Church of St. Joseph Church of St. Michael Church of St. Vincent Ferrer Church of the Ascension, Roman Catholic Church of the Blessed Sacrament Church of the Epiphany Church of the Good Shepherd Church of the Holy Agony Church of the Holy Family Church of the Incarnation, Roman Catholic Church of the Most Precious Blood Church of the Nativity Chapel of the Resurrection Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church of the Transfiguration, Roman Catholic Corpus Christi Church Holy Cross Church Holy Innocents Church Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church Holy Rosary Church Holy Trinity Church Immaculate Conception Church Our Lady of Esperanza Church Our Lady of Good Counsel Church Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. Bernard Church Our Lady of Lourdes Church Our Lady of the Holy Rosary's Church Our Lady of Pompeii Church Our Lady of Victory Church Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church Our Saviour Church San Lorenzo Ruiz Chapel St. Agnes Church St. Aloysius Catholic Church St. Andrew Church St. Ann Church St. Anthony of Padua Church St. Benedict the Moor Church St. Catherine of Siena Church St. Cecilia Church and Convent St. Charles Borromeo Church St. Elizabeth Church St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church St. Emeric Church St. Francis of Assisi Church St. Francis Xavier Church St. Gregory the Great Church St. Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Church St. John the Baptist Church St. John the Evangelist Church St. Joseph of the Holy Family Church St. Joseph Chapel St. Jude Church St. Lucy Church St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church St. Mark the Evangelist Church St. Mary Church St. Monica Church St. Patrick's Old Cathedral St. Paul Church St. Paul the Apostle Church St. Peter's Church St. Rose of Lima Church St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Church St. Stephen of Hungary Church St. Teresa Church St. Thomas More Church St. Veronica Church Slovenian Church of St. Cyril Staten Island Church of Our Lady Help of Christians Church of Our Lady of Pity Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea Church of the Blessed Sacrament Church of the Holy Family Our Lady of Good Counsel's Church Sacred Heart Church St. Adalbert's Church St. Charles's Church St. Clare's Church St. Mary's Church St. Patrick's Church St. Peter's Church St. Rita's Church St. Roch's Church St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus's Church
Dutchess County	Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Church (LaGrangeville) Church of Regina Coeli (Hyde Park) Church of St. Martin de Porres (Poughkeepsie) Church of St. Mary, Mother of the Church (Fishkill) St. Mary's Church (Poughkeepsie) St. Mary's Church (Wappingers Falls) Church of the Good Shepherd (Rhinebeck) Immaculate Conception Church (Amenia) Immaculate Conception Church (Bangall) Our Lady of Mount Carmel's Church (Poughkeepsie) St. Anthony's Church (Pine Plains) St. Charles Borromeo's Church (Dover Plains) St. Christopher's Church (Red Hook) St. Columba's Church (Hopewell Junction) St. Denis Church (Hopewell Junction) St. Joachim and St. John the Evangelist's Church (Beacon) St. John the Evangelist's Church (Pawling) St. Joseph's Chapel (Rhinecliff) St. Joseph's Church (Millbrook) St. Patrick's Chapel (Millerton) St. Paul's Chapel (Staatsburg) St. Peter's Church (Poughkeepsie) St. Sylvia's Church (Tivoli)
Orange County
Putnam County
Rockland County
Sullivan County
Ulster County
Westchester County	Blessed Sacrament Church (New Rochelle) Church of the Holy Family (New Rochelle) Church of the Resurrection (Rye) Church of St. Augustine (Larchmont) Church of St. Joseph (Bronxville) Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scarsdale) Immaculate Conception Church (Tuckahoe) Immaculate Conception St. Mary's (Yonkers) Most Holy Trinity Church (Mamaroneck) Our Lady of Mercy Church (Port Chester) St. Gabriel's Church (New Rochelle) St. Vito's Church (Mamaroneck) St. Vito-Most Holy Trinity Parish (Mamaroneck)

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Dutchess County	Our Lady of Lourdes High School
Orange County	John S. Burke Catholic High School
Rockland County	Albertus Magnus High School
Westchester County	Iona Preparatory School John F. Kennedy Catholic High School Maria Regina High School Sacred Heart High School Salesian High School School of the Holy Child Archbishop Stepinac High School The Montfort Academy The Ursuline School
Closed	John A. Coleman Catholic High School College of New Rochelle