Francis Spellman
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His Eminence Francis Joseph Spellman |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of New York | |
Francis Spellman in 1946
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| See | New York |
| Appointed | April 15, 1939 |
| Installed | May 23, 1939 |
| Term ended | December 2, 1967 |
| Predecessor | Patrick Joseph Hayes |
| Successor | Terence Cooke |
| Other posts |
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo Apostolic Vicar for the United States Armed Forces |
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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 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Francis Joseph Spellman |
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May 4, 1889 Whitman, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | December 2, 1967 (aged 78) Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States |
| Buried | St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Parents | William Spellman & Ellen Conway |
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| Alma mater |
Fordham University & North American College |
| Motto | Sequere Deum (Follow God) |
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| Ordination history of Francis Spellman | |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Eugenio Pacelli |
| Date of consecration | September 8, 1932 |
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Bishops consecrated by Francis Spellman as principal consecrator
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| John Francis O'Hara, C.S.C. | January 15, 1940 |
| James Francis McIntyre | January 8, 1941 |
| William Tibertus McCarty, C.Ss.R. | January 25, 1943 |
| Joseph Patrick Donahue | March 19, 1945 |
| William Richard Arnold | October 11, 1945 |
| Thomas John McDonnell | September 15, 1947 |
| Patrick O'Boyle | January 14, 1948 |
| Joseph Francis Flannelly | December 16, 1948 |
| James Henry Ambrose Griffiths | January 18, 1950 |
| Christopher Joseph Weldon | March 24, 1950 |
| David Frederick Cunningham | June 8, 1950 |
| Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D. | January 8, 1953 |
| Lawrence B. Casey | May 5, 1953 |
| Joseph Maria Pernicone | May 5, 1954 |
| Philip Joseph Furlong | January 25, 1956 |
| Charles Arthur Brown, M.M. | February 27, 1957 |
| Vincent Ignatius Kennally, S.J. | March 25, 1957 |
| John Michael Fearns | December 10, 1957 |
| John William Comber, M.M. | April 9, 1959 |
| John Joseph Maguire | June 29, 1959 |
| Tomás Roberto Manning, O.F.M. | July 14, 1959 |
| Luis Aponte Martínez | October 12, 1960 |
| Alfredo Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C. | October 28, 1960 |
| Francis Frederick Reh | June 29, 1962 |
| Thomas Andrew Donnellan | April 9, 1964 |
| George Theodore Boileau, S.J. | July 31, 1964 |
| George Henry Guilfoyle | November 30, 1964 |
| Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver | December 21, 1964 |
| Terence Cooke | December 13, 1965 |
| William Joseph Moran | December 13, 1965 |
| John Joseph Thomas Ryan | March 25, 1966 |
| Edwin Broderick | March 8, 1967 |
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Styles of Francis Spellman |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | New York |
Francis Joseph Spellman (May 4, 1889 – December 2, 1967) was an American bishop and cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was the sixth Archbishop of New York from 1939 to 1967, having previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston (1932–39). He was named a cardinal in 1946.
Francis Spellman was born in Whitman, Massachusetts, to William and Ellen (née Conway) Spellman. His father (1858–1957), whose own parents had immigrated to the United States from Clonmel and Leighlinbridge in Ireland, was a grocer. The eldest of five children, Francis had two brothers, Martin and John, and two sisters, Marian and Helene. As a child, he served as an altar boy at Holy Ghost Church.
Spellman attended Whitman High School (now Whitman-Hanson Regional High School) because there was no local Catholic school. He enjoyed photography and baseball; he was a first baseman during his first year of high school until a hand injury forced him to stop playing, and later managed the team. Following his high school graduation, Spellman entered Fordham University in New York City in 1907. He graduated in 1911 and decided to study for the priesthood. He was then sent by Archbishop William Henry O'Connell to study at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.
During his years in Rome, Spellman befriended such figures as Gaetano Bisleti, Francesco Borgongini Duca and Domenico Tardini. He suffered from pneumonia, however, leaving his state of health so poor that the seminary administration wanted to send him home. He nevertheless remained and managed to complete his theological studies.
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