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Tobias Mullen

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Tobias Mullen emerged from Urney in County Tyrone, Ireland, the youngest of six sons born in 1818. He crossed the ocean to answer Bishop Michael O'Connor's call, transforming a rural boy into a priest for the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Mullen later guided the Diocese of Erie until his death in 1900, carrying the quiet intensity of his youthful origins into American Catholic leadership.

Why this person is known: Catholic bishop (1818-1900)

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County Tyrone

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