Saturday, March 24, 2007

Ireland's Non Residential Cardinals (Part V)

Timothy Cardinal Manning

Birth

November 15, 1909, Ballingeary, Ireland.

Education

Mungret College, Limerick; Saint Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park, California, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.

Pre-Episcopal Career

Ordained, June 16, 1934, Los Angeles. Further studies, 1934-1936. Pastoral work in the archdiocese of Los Angeles, 1936-1938; 1946-1967. Privy chamberlain of His Holiness, April 15, 1943. Secretary to John Joseph Cantwell, archbishop of Los Angeles, 1938-1946. Domestic prelate of His Holiness, November 17, 1945.

Episcopal Career

Elected titular bishop of Lesvi and appointed auxiliary of Los Angeles, August 3, 1946. Consecrated, October 15, 1946, Los Angeles, by Joseph Thomas McGucken, titular bishop of Sanavo, auxiliary of Los Angeles, assisted by James Edward Walsh, M.M., titular bishop of Sata, and by Thomas Arthur Connolly, titular bishop of Sila and auxiliary of Los Angeles. Chancellor of the archdiocese of Los Angeles, March 19, 1946; vicar general, November 29, 1955. Attended the Second Vatican Councll, 1962-1965. Transferred to the diocese of Fresno, October 16, 1967. Promoted to titular archbishop of Carpi and appointed coadjutor of Los Angeles, with right of succession, May 26, 1969. Succeeded to the see of Los Angeles, January 21, 1970.

Cardinalate

Created cardinal priest in the consistory of March 5, 1973; received the red biretta and the title of S. Lucia a Piazza d'Armi, March 5, 1973. Attended the IV Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 30 to October 29, 1977. Participated in the conclave of August 25-26, 1978. Participated in the conclave of October 14-16, 1978. Attended the I Plenary Assembly of the Sacred College of Cardinals, Vatican City, November 5-9, 1979. Special papal envoy to the celebration of 3rd centennial of St. Oliver Plunkett's martyrdom, Drogheda, Ireland, July 5, 1981. Attended the VI Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 29 to October 28, 1983; president delegate. Resigned the pastoral government of archdiocese, July 12, 1985.

Death

June 23, 1989, Los Angeles. Buried, Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles.

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Ireland's Non Residential Cardinals (Part IV)

Michael Cardinal Browne

Birth

May 6, 1887, Grangemokler, Ireland.

Education

Joined the Order of Preachers, 1903, Tallaght, Dublin; Rockwell College; Convent of S. Clemente, Rome; Theological Faculty, Fribourg, Switzerland.

Pre-Episcopal Career

Ordained, May 21, 1910, Rome. Faculty member and master of novices in the convent of Taillight, 1910-1919. Faculty member of the Pontifical International Institute "Angelicum," Rome, 1919-1932; 1941-1951. Prior of the convent of S. Clemente, Rome, 1925-1930. Rector magnifico of the Pontifical International Institute "Angelicum," Rome, 1932-1941. Master of the Sacred Palace, 1951-1955. Elected master general of the Order of Preachers, April 11, 1955.

Cardinalate

Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of March 19, 1962; received the red hat and the deaconry of S. Paolo alla Regola, March 22, 1962.

Episcopal Career

Elected titular archbishop of Idebesso, April 5, 1962. Consecrated, April 19, 1962, patriarchal Lateran basilica, Rome, by Pope John XXIII, assisted by Cardinal Giuseppe Pizzardo and by Cardinal Benedetto Aloisi Masella. Attended the Second Vatican Council, 1962-1965. Participated in the conclave of 1963. Attended the I Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 29 to October 29, 1967. Lost the right to participate in the conclave by being older than eighty years, January 1, 1971.
Death

March 31, 1971, Rome. Buried, Dominican convent of Tallaght, Dublin.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

The Iron Chancellor or Man of Steel?

The BBC reports that Chancellor and Prime Ministerial hopeful Gordon Brown has been attacked by Lord Turnbull, the former head of the UK's Civil Service.

In an interview with the Financial Times (which his Lordship now believes was off the record), Brown was characterised as operating with 'Stalinist ruthlessness'.

Ireland's Non Residential Cardinals (Part III)

John Cardinal Glennon

Birth

June 14, 1862, Kinnegad, Ireland.

Education

St. Mary's College, Mullingar; All Hallows College and Seminary, Dublin; University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. After finishing his studies, he went to the United States of America.

Pre-Episcopal Career

Ordained, December 20, 1884, Kansas City, by John Joseph Hogan, bishop of Kansas City. Pastoral work in diocese of Kansas City, 1884-1896. Vicar general of Kansas City, 1892-1894. Apostolic administrator of Kansas City, 1894-1896.

Episcopal Career

Elected titular bishop of Pinora and appointed coadjutor of Kansas City, with right of succession, March 14, 1896, Consecrated, June 29, 1896, Kansas City, by John Joseph Kain, archbishop of St. Louis, assisted by Maurice Burke, bishop of St. Joseph, and by John Joseph Henessy, bishop of Wichita. Appointed coadjutor bishop, with right of succession, and apostolic administrator of St. Louis, April 27, 1903. Succeeded to the metropolitan see of St. Louis, October 13, 1903. Assistant at Pontifical Throne, June 28, 1921.

Cardinalate

Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 18, 1946; received the red hat and the title of S. Clemente, February 22, 1946.

Death

March 9, 1946, Dublin. Buried, metropolitan cathedral, St. Louis.

Ireland's Non Residential Cardinals (Part II)

John Cardinal Farley

Birth

April 20, 1842, Newtonhamilton, Ireland.

Education

St. MacCartan's College, Monaghan; St, John's College, Fordham, New York; St. Joseph's Seminary, Troy, New York; North American College, Rome; Pontifical Urbanian Athenaeum "De Propaganda Fide," Rome.

Pre-Episcopal Career

Ordained, June 11, 1870, Rome, by Cardinal Costantino Patrizi, bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, vicar general of Rome. Assistant rector of St. Peter's, New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, 1870-1872; 1884-1902. Privy chamberlain, 1884. Secretary to Archbishop John McCloskey of New York, 1872-1884. Pastor of St. Gabriel, New York, 1884. Attended the III Plenary Council of Baltimore, 1884. Vicar general of the archdiocese of New York, 1891-1902. Domestic prelate of His Holiness, April 8, 1892. Protonotary apostolic, 1894.

Episcopal Career

Elected titular bishop of Zeugma and appointed auxiliary of New York, November 18, 1895. Consecrated, December 21, 1895, New York, by Michael Augustine Corrigan, archbishop of New York, assisted by Charles Edward McDonnell, bishop of Brooklyn, and by Henry Gabriels, bishop of Ogdensburg. Administrator of the archdiocese of New York after the death of Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan on May 5, 1902. Promoted to the metropolitan see of New York, September 15, 1902. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, 1905.

Cardinalate

Created cardinal priest in the consistory of November 27, 1911; received the red hat and the title of S. Maria sopra Minerva, November 30, 1911. Attended the conclave of 1914.

Death

September 17, 1918, Mamaroneck, New York. Buried, St. Patrick's metropolitan cathedral, New York.