John Cardinal Farley
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His Eminence John Murphy Farley (April 20, 1842 - September 17, 1918) was an Irish-American prelate, the seventh bishop (fourth archbishop) of the Roman Catholic diocese of New York.
He was born in Newtown Hamilton, Ireland, and was ordained priest in 1870. He was appointed an Auxiliary Bishop of New York in 1895. He was Appointed Archbishop of New York on September 15, 1902 and elevated to Cardinal in 1911, serving as archbishop until his death. He is interred in the crypt under the altar of St. Patrick's Cathedral.
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- Thomas J. Shelley; "John Cardinal Farley and Modernism in New York" Church History, Vol. 61, 1992
see List of Roman Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of New York
| Preceded by: Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan |
Archbishop of New York 1902-1918 |
Succeeded by: Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes |
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