Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/William Matthews (priest)

William Matthews (priest)

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: '''scheduled for Today's featured article/March 28, 2019 

William Matthews (1770–1854) was the first person born in British America to be ordained to the Catholic priesthood. Originally from the colonial Province of Maryland, he became influential in the establishment of Catholicism in Washington, D.C. through his parochial service and founding of several educational institutions. He was the second pastor of St. Patrick's Church, the President of Georgetown College (later known as Georgetown University), and head of the Washington Catholic Seminary, which became Gonzaga College High School, in addition to being co-founder and president of the Washington Library Company, the first public library in the District of Columbia. He founded several orphanages, schools, and parishes, and was co-director of the District of Columbia Public Schools. In 1832 he officiated at the wedding of a French diplomat and Mary Anne Lewis, who was a ward of President Andrew Jackson, in the first Catholic ceremony to be held in the White House.
 * Most recent similar article(s): John de Gray (However, since this will have been featured 6 months ago by March 29 and was a biography about someone of a different religion, it is only marginally similar).
 * Main editors:
 * Promoted: October 27, 2018
 * Reasons for nomination: This will be my first TFA. I nominated for March 29 because that is the date on which Matthews was ordained the first British-America-born Catholic priest (the article's DYK hook).
 * Support as nominator.  Ergo Sum  19:49, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Support Gog the Mild (talk) 23:06, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Coordinator comment Just to let you guys know, I'm planning to run this on the 28th and Referendum Party on the 29th due to the Brexit connection. If this is going to cause a problem, let me know.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:13, 17 February 2019 (UTC)]]''' by Wehwalt (talk) 19:05, 17 February 2019 (UTC)


 * That's fine; changing the requested date to March 28.  Ergo Sum  01:36, 17 February 2019 (UTC)