James Aloysius Hickey | |
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| Cardinal Archbishop of Washington | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Archdiocese of Washington |
| Appointed | June 17, 1980 |
| Installed | August 5, 1980 |
| Term ended | November 21, 2000 |
| Predecessor | William Baum |
| Successor | Theodore Edgar McCarrick |
| Other post(s) | Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 15, 1946 by William Murphy |
| Consecration | April 14, 1967 by John Francis Dearden |
| Created cardinal | June 28, 1988 by John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 11, 1920 Midland, Michigan, USA |
| Died | October 24, 2004 (aged 84) Washington, D.C., USA |
| Buried | Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle |
| Motto | Veritatem in caritate (Truth in charity) |
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| Styles of James Hickey | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Washington |
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James Aloysius Hickey (October 11, 1920 – October 24, 2004) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Washington from 1980 to 2000, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1988. Hickey previously served as Bishop of Cleveland from 1974 to 1980.
Hickey presided over a significant expansion of social services for the poor and sick in the Washington region by the Archdiocese of Washington. He was also a strong critic of American foreign policy in Nicaragua and El Salvador, and an advocate for nuclear disarmament.