Timothy M. Dolan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cardinal, Archbishop of New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Archdiocese | New York | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appointed | February 23, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Installed | April 15, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | Edward Egan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ordination | June 19, 1976 by Edward Thomas O'Meara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consecration | August 15, 2001 by Justin Francis Rigali, Joseph Fred Naumann, Michael John Sheridan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Created cardinal | February 18, 2012 by Benedict XVI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | Cardinal Priest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Timothy Michael Dolan February 6, 1950 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Prelate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Spoken style | Your Eminence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Informal style | Cardinal |
Timothy Michael Dolan (born February 6, 1950) is an American cardinal of the Catholic Church. He is the tenth and current Archbishop of New York, having been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.
Dolan served as the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops from 2010 to 2013 and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2012.
The National Catholic Reporter says that Dolan represents conservative values[4] and has a charismatic media personality. He previously served as rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome from 1994 to 2001, an auxiliary bishop of St. Louis from 2001 to 2002, and Archbishop of Milwaukee from 2002 to 2009.