John E. Blox, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John E. Blox

19th-century Jesuit priest

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1810

Place of Birth: Belgium

Date of Death: 27-Apr-1860

Profession: Catholic priest

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About John E. Blox

  • John E.
  • Blox (June 17, 1810 – April 27, 1860) was an American Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus.
  • Blox was born on June 17, 1810 in Belgium and immigrated to the United States at the age of twenty-two.
  • Upon his arrival, he entered the Jesuit novitiate at White Marsh, Maryland on November 5, 1832.
  • Following his probationary period, he was sent to study at Georgetown College.
  • On July 4, 1843, he was ordained a priest by Archbishop Samuel Eccleston of Baltimore at Holy Trinity Church in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C.
  • He was made the pastor of St.
  • Francis Xavier Church in Baltimore in 1845, where he remained until 1846.
  • Following his pastorate, Blox was appointed the superior of St.
  • Xavier College in Cincinnati (now Xavier University), a position he held for one year.On October 2, 1848, Washington Seminary (later known as Gonzaga College High School) in Washington, D.C.
  • resumed official operations after having been suppressed by the Catholic hierarchy.
  • Blox was appointed its fourth president, and the first following its reopening, succeeding William Matthews.
  • Immediately upon its reopening, the school saw a resurgence in the number of students seeking to enroll.
  • On May 14, 1851, Blox delivered the eulogy of Archbishop Eccleston at the requiem mass at St.
  • Patrick's Church.
  • His term as president came to an end on August 15, 1851, when he was succeeded by Fr.
  • Samuel Barber, S.J.In 1854, Blox was appointed the pastor of St.
  • Mary's Church in Alexandria, Virginia.
  • In 1856, he directed the expansion of the church by adding a new altar, tabernacle, organ, and stained glass windows, and a large bell.
  • He also oversaw the addition of the tallest belfry in Alexandria and the extension of the church by twenty feet.
  • During his pastorate, Blox was responsible for a number of conversions to Catholicism, including George William Brent and fourteen others.Blox was transferred to Philadelphia in 1857.
  • There, he was made the spiritual director of the sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary at St.
  • John the Evangelist Church.
  • Blox died in Philadelphia on April 27, 1860.

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