Early life Henry Northrop was born on May 5, 1842, in
Charleston,
South Carolina, to Claudian Byrd and Hannah Eliza (née Anderson) Northrop. He received his early education at
Georgetown College in
Washington, D.C. from 1853 to 1856. He then studied at
Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, graduating in 1860. Following his return to the United States, he served as a
curate at the
Nativity Parish in New York City. In 1866, he returned to Charleston and became a curate at St. Joseph's Parish. Northrop served as a missionary in
New Bern,
North Carolina (1868–1872), assistant
rector of
St. John's Cathedral in Charleston and pastor of the parish in
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina (1872–1877), and pastor of St. Patrick's Parish in Charleston (1877–1882).
Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina On September 16, 1881, Northrop was appointed the second vicar apostolic of North Carolina and
titular bishop of
Rosalia by
Pope Leo XIII. He received his
episcopal consecration on January 8, 1882, at the
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Baltimore from Cardinal
James Gibbons, with Bishops
John Keane and
Thomas Becker serving as
co-consecrators.
Bishop of Charleston In addition to his duties as vicar apostolic, Northrup was named the fourth bishop of Charleston on January 27, 1883, by Leo XIII. Northrup resigned his post as vicar apostolic on February 4, 1888, while remaining bishop of Charleston. Henry Northrop died in Charleston on June 7, 1916, at the age of 74. ==References==