Edward Mooney

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Edward Cardinal Mooney
Church positions
See Detroit
Title Cardinal Archbishop of Detroit
Period in office May 31, 1937October 25, 1958
Successor Archbishop John F. Dearden
Previous post Bishop of Rochester
Created cardinal February 18, 1946
Personal
Date of birth May 9, 1882(1882-05-09)
Place of birth Maryland
Styles of
Edward Cardinal Mooney
Reference style His Eminence
Spoken style Your Eminence
Informal style Cardinal
See Detroit


Edward Aloysius Cardinal Mooney (May 9, 1882October 25, 1958) was a U.S. cardinal, elevated to that position in 1946. Born in Mount Savage, Maryland, his family moved to Youngstown, Ohio when he was young. Mooney was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on April 10, 1909, serving the Diocese of Cleveland. On January 31, 1926, he was consecrated a bishop, and served as an apostolic delegate to India and Japan before being recalled for a post in the United States. He served as bishop of Rochester, New York from August 28, 1933 until May 30, 1937. Leaving Rochester, he served as the Archbishop of Detroit between May 31, 1937 and his death in 1958. Upon his elevation to Cardinal on February 18, 1946 by Pope Pius XII, he was appointed the Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna, the home of the American Catholic Church in Rome. His death came in Rome, Italy literally hours before he was supposed to enter the conclave that elected Angelo Cardinal Roncalli, who took the name Pope John XXIII.

[edit] Legacy

Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown, Ohio is named after him. It is not far from where he spent his childhood. A former Cardinal Mooney High School in Greece, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York closed in 1989. Other current Cardinal Mooney High Schools exist in Marine City, Michigan and Sarasota, Florida.

[edit] Episcopal Succession

Episcopal Lineage
Consecrated by: Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum
Date of consecration: January 31, 1926
Consecrator of
Bishop Date of consecration
Pierre-Guillaume Marque February 11, 1930
Walter Andrew Foery August 18, 1937
Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki January 25, 1938
William Francis Murphy February 26, 1938
Thomas Lawrence Noa March 19, 1946
Allen James Babcock March 25, 1947
Alexander Mieceslaus Zaleski May 23, 1950
John Anthony Donovan October 26, 1954
Henry Edmund Donnelly October 26, 1954
Preceded by
Michael J. Gallagher
Archbishop of Detroit
19371958
Succeeded by
John Cardinal Dearden