Hughes, who had once been a pupil of Dubois. During his time in New York, Power founded the Catholic newspaper the Truth Teller, was active in the Irish Emigrant Society, raised funds and championed the opening of an orphanage. He authored a manual of prayer (1832), and The New Testament: By Way of Question and Answer (1824). He also contributed to periodicals such as The United States Catholic Miscellany and The Truth Teller. In later life Power suffered painful attacks of gout and became saddened by the burden of debt imposed on the Church by the rebuilding of St Peter's Church in 1837. He died on April 14, 1849 and was buried under the floor of what is now the Old Cathedral of St Patrick. Power's brother, Dr. William Power, was a prominent member of the Irish-American community in New York. His sister, Anne, was the wife of New York property developer Thomas E. Davis. Another brother, Maurice Power, became a British member of parliament for County Cork and later the Lieutenant-Governor of St. Lucia. References 1792 births 1849 deaths 19th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923) Irish Roman Catholic missionaries 19th-century American Roman Catholic priests People of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York Burials at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral Roman Catholic missionaries in the United States People from Rosscarbery