Keywords: Bernard A. Maguire - Georgetown.jpg Rev Bernard A Maguire SJ was born in Edgeworth Ireland on February 11 1818 The Maguire family moved to the United States in 1824 and settled in Frederick Maryland After receiving his early education at St John's Literary Institute in Frederick Maguire enrolled in Georgetown College present-day Georgetown University in Washington D C He entered the Society of Jesus on September 20 1837 and was ordained on September 27 1850 Maguire began teaching at Georgetown and was made Prefect of Discipline In August of 1852 he was appointed president of the College and served in that position until October 1858 Maguire was responsible for leading a building and renovation program that greatly expanded the College In January of 1866 Maguire was once again appointed as College president During his second tenure Maguire assisted in founding the College's law school He left Georgetown in July of 1870 to serve as a missionary Maguire began working at St Aloysius Church in Washington D C and later moved to Boston Massachusetts On April 26 1886 Maguire died at St Joseph's Church in Philadelphia Pennsylvania cwpbh 03475 1866 Creator Mathew Brady PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT Maguire Bernard A 1818 births 1886 deaths Irish Americans People of Washington D C Alumni of Georgetown University Roman Catholic missionaries Presidents of universities and colleges in the United States Jesuits Catholic priests Men of Ireland Photographs by Mathew Brady |