Daniel Joseph Curley
Daniel Joseph Curley | |
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Bishop of Syracuse | |
Appointed | February 19, 1923 |
Installed | 1923 |
Term ended | 1932 |
Orders | |
Ordination | May 19, 1894 |
Consecration | May 1, 1923 by Archbishop Hayes |
Personal details | |
Born | New York City | June 16, 1869
Died | August 3, 1932 Syracuse, New York | (aged 63)
Buried | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Parents | Michael and Margaret (née Swan) Curley |
Education | St. Francis Xavier College |
Alma mater | St. Joseph's Seminary |
Daniel Joseph Curley (June 16, 1869 – August 3, 1932) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Syracuse from 1923 until his death in 1932.
Biography[]
Daniel Curley was born in New York City to Michael and Margaret (née Swan) Curley.[1] He studied at St. Francis Xavier College and afterwards St. Joseph's Seminary in Troy, where he befriended Patrick Joseph Hayes (future Archbishop of New York and a cardinal).[2] He furthered his studies at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, and was there ordained to the priesthood on May 19, 1894.[3]
Following his return to New York, he served as a curate at the Church of the Holy Name in Manhattan.[1] He became secretary to Archbishop Michael Corrigan in 1901, and the founding pastor of Our Lady of Solace Church in The Bronx in 1902.[2] In 1921 his name was suggested by Archbishop Patrick Hayes as an auxiliary bishop of New York.[2]
On February 19, 1923, Curley was appointed the third Bishop of Syracuse by Pope Pius XI.[3] He received his episcopal consecration on the following May 1 from Archbishop Hayes, with Bishops Edmund Gibbons and William Turner serving as co-consecrators, at St. Patrick's Cathedral.[3] During his nine-year-long tenure, he established a Society for the Propagation of the Faith, 28 parishes, 18 schools, Loretto Rest, and Lourdes Hospital.[1] At his invitation, the Sisters of Perpetual Rosary opened the first home for cloistered nuns in Syracuse.[1]
Curley died from heart disease at age 63 in Syracuse, New York.[2] He is buried in the crypt of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "Most Rev. Daniel Joseph Curley". Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse. Archived from the original on 2009-06-09.
- ^ a b c d "Bishop D.J. Curley dies in Syracuse". The New York Times. 1932-08-04.
- ^ a b c "Bishop Daniel Joseph Curley". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.[self-published source]
- 1869 births
- 1932 deaths
- Roman Catholic bishops of Syracuse
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States