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Charles H. Stonestreet

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/December 25, 2019 by Wehwalt (talk) 16:06, 22 November 2019 (UTC)



Charles H. Stonestreet (1813–1885) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who led several institutions in Maryland and Washington, D.C. After becoming a professor at Georgetown University, he led St. John's Literary Institution and St. John the Evangelist Church in Frederick, Maryland. He was appointed president of Georgetown University in 1851, and oversaw the expansion of its library. The following year, he became provincial superior of the Jesuits' Maryland province, which faced growing anti-Catholicism from the Know Nothings; as a result, he forbade Jesuits from wearing their clerical attire in public. While president of Gonzaga College (today a high school), he oversaw construction of St. Aloysius Church, becoming its first pastor. In the trial of the conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, he was called to testify about a parishioner, Mary Surratt, and former student, Samuel Mudd.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Thomas F. Mulledy. Both were Jesuits, but they lived in different eras and had very different lives.
 * Main editors: Ergo Sum
 * Promoted: November 9, 2019
 * Reasons for nomination: While there are many dates that could be tied to the subject, none are particularly prominent in his life. Therefore, I'm listing for a nonspecific date.
 * Support as nominator.  Ergo Sum  13:54, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm starting a mini-break soon. Not sure yet how it will work, but I'll recuse on this one. - Dank (push to talk) 14:24, 10 November 2019 (UTC)