Francis Spellman
American Catholic prelate (1889–1967) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For high schools of the same name, see Cardinal Spellman High School (disambiguation). For the weightlifter, see Frank Spellman.
Francis Joseph Spellman (May 4, 1889 – December 2, 1967) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. From 1939 to his death, he served as the sixth archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York.
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Cardinal, Archbishop of New York | |
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Archdiocese | New York |
Appointed | April 15, 1939 |
Installed | May 23, 1939 |
Term ended | December 2, 1967 |
Predecessor | Patrick Joseph Hayes |
Successor | Terence Cooke |
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Ordination | May 14, 1916 by Giuseppe Ceppetelli |
Consecration | September 8, 1932 by Eugenio Pacelli |
Created cardinal | February 18, 1946 by Pius XII |
Rank | Cardinal Priest |
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Born | Francis Joseph Spellman (1889-05-04)May 4, 1889 Whitman, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | December 2, 1967(1967-12-02) (aged 78) Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
Buried | St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York |
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Motto | Sequere Deum (Follow God) |
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Spellman previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts from 1932 to 1939. He was created a cardinal in 1946.