American Catholic prelate (1889–1967)
Francis Spellman |
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 Spellman in 1946 |
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| Archdiocese | New York |
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| Appointed | April 15, 1939 |
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| Installed | May 23, 1939 |
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| Term ended | December 2, 1967 |
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| Predecessor | Patrick Joseph Hayes |
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| Successor | Terence Cooke |
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| Ordination | May 14, 1916
by Giuseppe Ceppetelli |
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| Consecration | September 8, 1932
by Eugenio Pacelli |
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| Created cardinal | February 18, 1946
by Pius XII |
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| Rank | Cardinal Priest |
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| Born | Francis Joseph Spellman
(1889-05-04)May 4, 1889
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| Died | December 2, 1967(1967-12-02) (aged 78)
Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
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| Buried | St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York |
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| Education | |
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| Motto | Sequere Deum
(Follow God) |
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| Episcopal succession |
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| John Francis O'Hara, C.S.C. | January 15, 1940 |
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| James Francis McIntyre | January 8, 1941 |
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| William Tibertus McCarty, C.Ss.R. | January 25, 1943 |
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| Joseph Patrick Donahue | March 19, 1945 |
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| William Richard Arnold | October 11, 1945 |
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| Thomas John McDonnell | September 15, 1947 |
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| Patrick O'Boyle | January 14, 1948 |
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| Joseph Francis Flannelly | December 16, 1948 |
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| James Henry Ambrose Griffiths | January 18, 1950 |
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| Christopher Joseph Weldon | March 24, 1950 |
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| David Frederick Cunningham | June 8, 1950 |
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| Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D. | January 8, 1953 |
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| Lawrence B. Casey | May 5, 1953 |
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| Joseph Maria Pernicone | May 5, 1954 |
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| Philip Joseph Furlong | January 25, 1956 |
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| Charles Arthur Brown, M.M. | February 27, 1957 |
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| Vincent Ignatius Kennally, S.J. | March 25, 1957 |
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| John Michael Fearns | December 10, 1957 |
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| John William Comber, M.M. | April 9, 1959 |
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| John Joseph Maguire | June 29, 1959 |
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| Tomás Roberto Manning, O.F.M. | July 14, 1959 |
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| Luis Aponte Martínez | October 12, 1960 |
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| Alfredo Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C. | October 28, 1960 |
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| Francis Frederick Reh | June 29, 1962 |
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| Thomas Andrew Donnellan | April 9, 1964 |
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| George Theodore Boileau, S.J. | July 31, 1964 |
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| George Henry Guilfoyle | November 30, 1964 |
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| Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver | December 21, 1964 |
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| Terence Cooke | December 13, 1965 |
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| William Joseph Moran | December 13, 1965 |
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| John Joseph Thomas Ryan | March 25, 1966 |
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| Edwin Broderick | March 8, 1967 |
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Francis Joseph Spellman (May 4, 1889 – December 2, 1967) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of New York from 1939 until his death. Spellman previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston from 1932 to 1939. He was created a cardinal in 1946.
