Dennis Joseph Dougherty

His Eminence Dennis Joseph Dougherty
Cardinal, Archbishop of Philadelphia
Dougherty, c. 1918
Church	Catholic Church Latin Church
Archdiocese	Philadelphia
Appointed	May 1, 1918
Term ended	May 31, 1951 (his death)
Predecessor	Edmond Francis Prendergast
Successor	John Francis O'Hara
Orders
Ordination	May 31, 1890 by Lucido Parocchi
Consecration	June 14, 1903 by Francesco Satolli
Created cardinal	March 7, 1921 by Pope Benedict XV
Rank	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo e Achilleo
Personal details
Born	(1865-08-16)August 16, 1865 Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	May 31, 1951(1951-05-31) (aged 85) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Buffalo (1915‍–‍1918) Bishop of Jaro (1908‍–‍1915) Bishop of Nueva Segovia (1903‍–‍1908)
Motto	Crucis in Signo Vinces
Coat of arms
Ordination history
History Priestly ordination Ordained by Lucido Parocchi Date May 31, 1890 Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Francesco Satolli Co-consecrators Pietro Gasparri, Enrico Grazioli Date June 14, 1903 Cardinalate Elevated by Pope Benedict XV Date March 7, 1921
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Dennis Joseph Dougherty as principal consecrator James Paul McCloskey 1917 Michael Joseph Crane 1921 Daniel James Gercke 1923 Edmond John Fitzmaurice 1925 Edwin Vincent Byrne 1925 Thomas Charles O'Reilly 1928 Gerald Patrick Aloysius O'Hara 1929 George Leo Leech 1935 Hugh Louis Lamb 1936 Eugene Joseph McGuinness 1937 Joseph Moran Corrigan 1940 Joseph Carroll McCormick 1947 Thomas Joseph McDonough 1947 Francis Edward Hyland 1949
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Dennis Joseph Dougherty (August 16, 1865 – May 31, 1951) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1918 until his death in 1951. He was made a cardinal in 1921. He was Philadelphia's longest-serving archbishop and its first cardinal.