served as pastor of the Church of St. John the evangelist in White Plains, New York. Rev. Dr. John F. Turner died at his brother's house in Buffalo in 1930 at the age of 51. Later that year, William Turner celebrated the feast of the recently canonized North American Martyrs with a solemn pontifical high Mass at the Church of Saint Vincent de Paul in Buffalo. Four days later he laid the cornerstone for the Lyceum at St. John Kanty Parish in East Buffalo, where “...at least 90% of the people were Catholics, but only about a third practiced their religion.” Turner was a supporter of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, and in 1924 began Catholic Charities in Buffalo in 1924. He established more than 30 new parishes during his administration, including national churches such as Our Lady of Czestochowa Church in North Tonawanda. William Turner died in Buffalo on July 10, 1956, at age 65 and was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Tonawanda, New York. A Celtic cross marks his grave.The former Bishop Turner High School in Buffalo was named after him. Built in 1960, the school closed in 2003. Works Turner was a contributor to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the American Catholic Quarterly Review, Catholic World, American Ecclesiastical Review, America, the Philosophical Review, Journal of Philosophy, and the Irish Theological Quarterly; and was editor of the Catholic University Bulletin. History of Philosophy, 1903 Storia della filosofia (translated) 1904 Lessons in Logic, 1911 References External links William Turner, History of Philosophy (Boston: Ginn, 1903) 1871 births 1936 deaths Clergy from County Limerick 19th-century Irish clergy Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923) Catholic University of America faculty Alumni of the Royal University of Ireland Roman Catholic bishops of Buffalo Contributors to the Catholic Encyclopedia Recipients of the Benemerenti medal