James Cardinal Gibbons
Archbishop of Baltimore
Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
23 July 1834, born
30 June 1861, ordained priest
3 March 1868, Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina & later ordained bishop
30 July 1872, bishop of Richmond
20 May 1877, archbishop of Baltimore
7 June 1886, created cardinal
24 March 1921, died
Of the many things the Cardinal arranged for the possession by the Benedictines of Caldwell Place, Gaston County, North Carolina, on which Mary, Help of Christians – Belmont Abbey sits. He also ordained Abbot Leo Michael Haid, a bishop and arranged for him to be the vicar apostolic of North Carolina. Haid prayed one of the absolutions for the Cardinal at his funeral. The monks of Belmont Abbey remembered the Cardinal at Mass.