Herbert Vaughan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Herbert Vaughan

Catholic cardinal

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1832

Place of Birth: England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 19-Jun-1903

Profession: Catholic priest

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Herbert Alfred Henry Vaughan (1832–1903) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
He served as Archbishop of Westminster from 1892 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1893.
He was the founder in 1866 of St Joseph's Foreign Missionary College, known as Mill Hill Missionaries.
He also founded the Catholic Truth Society.
In 1871 Vaughan led a group of priests to the United States to form a mission society whose purpose was to minister to freedmen.
In 1893 the society reorganized to form the US-based St.
Joseph Society of the Sacred Heart, known as the Josephite Fathers.
Vaughan also founded St.
Bede's College, Manchester.
As Archbishop of Westminster, he led the capital campaign and construction of Westminster Cathedral.