Mathew, Theobald

Mathew, Theobald

▪ Irish priest
born Oct. 10, 1790, Thomastown, County Tipperary, Ire.
died Dec. 8, 1856, Cobh, County Cork

      Irish priest and orator known as the “Apostle of Temperance. (temperance movement)”

      Ordained in 1814, Mathew entered the Capuchin order, of which he was made provincial in 1822. Concurrently, the earliest European temperance organizations were forming in Ireland; Mathew joined the movement at Cork. Between 1838 and 1842 he traveled throughout Ireland. People flocked to hear him, and whole crowds took the temperance pledge. The number of abstainers in Ireland alone in 1841 was estimated to be 4,647,000, and in three years the consumption of spirits dropped approximately 50 percent—much of this decrease attributable to Mathew's efforts. He went to England in 1843 and to the United States in 1849, where, despite failing health, he preached in 25 states. Incapacitated by illness, he returned to Ireland two years later, where he remained relatively inactive for the remainder of his life.

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