Anthony F. Ciampi | |
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 Portrait of Anthony Ciampi | |
| 4th, 6th & 8th President of the College of the Holy Cross | |
| In office 1869–1873 | |
| Preceded by | Robert W. Brady |
| Succeeded by | Joseph B. O'Hagan |
| In office 1857–1861 | |
| Preceded by | Peter J. Blenkinsop |
| Succeeded by | James Clark |
| In office 1851–1854 | |
| Preceded by | John Early |
| Succeeded by | Peter J. Blenkinsop |
| 4th President of Loyola College in Maryland | |
| In office 1863–1866 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph O'Callaghan |
| Succeeded by | John Early |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Antonio Francesco Ciampi January 29, 1816 Rome, Papal States |
| Died | November 24, 1893 (aged 77) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Jesuit Community Cemetery |
| Alma mater | |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | July 23, 1848 by Samuel Eccleston |
Anthony Francis Ciampi SJ (born Antonio Francesco Ciampi; January 29, 1816 – November 24, 1893)[a] was an Italian Catholic priest and Jesuit missionary to the United States. As the three-time president of the College of the Holy Cross, he was responsible for rebuilding the college after it was destroyed by fire. He also rescued it from financial ruin and pressure to close by the Jesuits superiors.
Born in Rome, Ciampi was educated at the Roman College before volunteering in 1840 as a missionary to the United States. He studied and was ordained at Georgetown University before working in various Jesuit institutions. In the 1850s and 1860s, he was twice the president of the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts, where he reformed the curriculum in the liberal arts tradition and reduced its significant debt.
In 1861, Ciampi left to minister to cholera patients in Massachusetts, contracting the disease himself, before becoming a missionary to American Indians and the growing Irish Catholic population in Maine. In 1863, he was made the president of Loyola College in Maryland, and garnered a reputation as a skilled preacher. Ciampi returned to Holy Cross as president in 1869, where he expanded Fenwick Hall and the campus. In his later years, he was the rector of the Jesuit novitiate in Frederick, Maryland, and the pastor of Holy Trinity and St. Aloysius churches in Washington, D.C.
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