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Kerfoot, John Barrett, D.D., LL.D.

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a Protestant Episcopal bishop, was-born in Dublin, Ireland, March 1, 1816, and educated at Flushing Institute and St. Paul's; College, New York, where he graduated in 1834. He took deacon's orders in 1837, and priest's in 1840;. became president of St. James's College, Maryland, in 1842, and continued in that relation till 1864, when he became president of Trinity College. He was consecrated bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 25, 1866, and remained in that office until his death, July 10, 1881.