Francis Spellman

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Archbishop Catholic cardinal human

Francis Spellman was a powerful 20th-century American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of New York and was influential in both church affairs and U.S. politics.

Aliases (1)

Francis Cardinal Spellman ×2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Archbishop → Catholic cardinal → human →
appointedAs	Archbishop of New York →
appointedBy	Pope Pius XI →
appointedCardinalBy	Pope Pius XII →
birthDate	1889-05-04 →
birthPlace	Whitman, Massachusetts, United States →
burialPlace	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan, New York City →
cardinalTitle	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo →
consecratedBy	Eugenio Pacelli →
consecrationDate	1932-09-08 →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
createdCardinalDate	1946-02-18 →
deathDate	1967-12-02 →
deathPlace	New York City, New York, United States →
educatedAt	Fordham University → North American College, Rome → Pontifical Urban University →
ethnicGroup	Irish American →
familyName	Spellman →
givenName	Francis →
knownFor	influence in American politics → leadership of the Archdiocese of New York → strong anti-communist stance → support for U.S. military policies during World War II → support for U.S. military policies during the Cold War →
languageSpoken	English → Italian →
memberOf	College of Cardinals → Roman Curia →
notableWork	expansion of Catholic education in New York → support of chaplaincy services for U.S. armed forces →
occupation	clergyman → theologian →
ordainedBy	Giovanni Bonzano →
ordinationDate	1916-05-14 →
participatedIn	Second Vatican Council → papal conclave of 1958 → papal conclave of 1963 →
positionHeld	Archbishop of New York → Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church → Military Vicar of the Armed Forces of the United States →
predecessor	Patrick Joseph Hayes →
religion	Roman Catholic Church →
residence	New York City, New York, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
successor	Terence Cooke →
title	His Eminence →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Terence Cooke ("Francis Cardinal Spellman") →	consecratedAsBishopBy
Archdiocese of New York →	hasPreviousArchbishop
Terence Cooke ("Francis Cardinal Spellman") →	succeeded