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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...
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  • federal judge 1979–91 Francis Spellman (1889–1967), American Roman Catholic cardinal; archbishop of New York 1939–67 Frank Spellman (1922–2017), Olympic...
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    Seminary in Yonkers, New York. Cooke was ordained a priest by Archbishop Francis Spellman on December 1, 1945. Cooke then served as chaplain for St. Agatha's...
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    by Pope Pius XI on November 12, 1936. Following the appointment of Francis Spellman to Archbishop of New York in 1939, McIntyre was named to the archdiocesan...
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    after Cardinal Francis Spellman, the sixth archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York. In September 1959, the newly created Cardinal Spellman High School...
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    his consecration as a bishop on January 15, 1940, from Archbishop Francis Spellman, with Bishops John F. Noll and Joseph Ritter serving as co-consecrators...
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    raised to cardinal in 1875, he became the first cardinal from America. Francis Spellman had the longest tenure as Archbishop of New York, serving for 28 years...
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    baseball player Babe Ruth, whose grave has an epitaph by Cardinal Francis Spellman and is almost always adorned by many baseballs, bats and caps. Adjacent...
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    outside as his cortege arrived for a requiem delivered by Cardinal Francis Spellman. After the requiem, approximately 100,000 people lined the 30 mi (48 km)...
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    received his episcopal consecration on January 14, 1948, from Cardinal Francis Spellman, with Bishops John McNamara and Henry Klonowski serving as co-consecrators...
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    School, Spellman separated from the Boston Archdiocese in the wake of the child sex abuse scandal. The school is named after Cardinal Francis Spellman. Richard...
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  • misspelled title "A prayer of St. Francis of Assissi". The saint's namesake American archbishop and military vicar Francis Spellman distributed millions of copies...
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    renovation in its history, and it reopened that December. Archbishop Francis Spellman announced in February 1941 that an anonymous donor had provided funding...
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    for example Francis Spellman, the American monsignor, whom he consecrated himself as the first American Bishop in the Vatican curia. Spellman had organized...
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    and out demagogue". In 1936, Kennedy worked with Roosevelt, Bishop Francis Spellman and Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII) to shut Coughlin...
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  • candidate for the 1928 United States presidential election. Cardinal Francis Spellman founded and hosted the first dinner in 1945 after Smith's death the...
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    the Vatican pavilion. The former Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Francis Spellman formally requested the statue from Pope John XXIII, appointed Edward...
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    Cohn with assistance. One of them may have been New York's Cardinal Francis Spellman, whose own alleged homosexuality has been a subject of controversy...
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    S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt via Archbishop (later Cardinal) Francis Spellman. Rome was eventually declared an open city on August 14, 1943 (a day...
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    Term ended September 4, 1938 Predecessor John Murphy Farley Successor Francis Spellman Other post(s) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Vicar Apostolic...
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  • homophobic remarks against Cohn. Cohn develops close ties with Cardinal Francis Spellman in New York. Cohn's great uncle was a founder of the Lionel, LLC train...
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  • arguing against Andrew R. Baker's article on the issue in America. Francis Spellman, Cardinal Archbishop of New York, was long rumored to have been gay...
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  • Francis Spellman oversaw the Archdiocese of New York. James B. Donovan defended Rudolph Abel in his spy trial and negotiated the release of Francis Gary...
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    and August. The Spellman Museum was founded in 1961 to house and share the collection of Cardinal Francis Spellman. Cardinal Spellman was introduced to...
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    1880–1885) John Farley (1902–1918) Patrick Hayes (1919–1938) Francis Spellman (1939–1967) – James Francis McIntyre (coadjutor 1946–1948) – archbishop of Los Angeles...
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    Volborth, Heraldry of the World, p.171, shows the arms of Cardinal Francis Spellman with a mitre in 1967, just two years before the 1969 fio.edu Instruction...
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    and Spanish). McCarrick was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Francis Spellman, Archbishop of New York, on May 31, 1958. From 1958 to 1963, he furthered...
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    (1974–1995) Orders Ordination June 24, 1935 Consecration October 28, 1960 by Francis Spellman Personal details Born June 3, 1907 (1907-06-03) Chicago, Illinois,...
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  • older people who had read them in the 1920s and 1930s. The Cardinal Francis Spellman FBI file contains clear indications concerning the interest of the...
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    original 1927 Portland version. The Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Francis Spellman granted his license for the novena devotions in Boston, Massachusetts...
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