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Key Facts |
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| Born |
1889 |
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Whitman, Massachusetts |
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| Position |
Archbishop of Archdiocese of New York |
| Died |
December 2, 1967 (aged 78) |
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Source of Facts and Important Announcement |
| Status |
Under Article 64.6 of the Covenant of One-Heaven (Pactum De Singularis Caelum) by Special Qualification shall be known as a Saint, with all sins and evil acts they performed forgiven. |
| Date of formal Beatification |
Day of Redemption UCA[E1:Y1:A1:S1:M9:D1] also known as Fri, 21 Dec 2012. |
| Source of Facts |
Self Confession and Revelation of Sainthood by the Deceased Spirit as condition of their confirmation as a true Saint. |
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Background |
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Born in Whitman, Massachusetts to William and Ellen (née Conway) Spellman. His father was a local shopkeeper. |
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He studied at Fordham College in New York, and the North American College in Rome before being ordained to the priesthood by Patriarch Giuseppe Ceppetelli on 14 May 1916. Spellman then did pastoral work in Boston until 1918, at which time he became assistant Diocesan Chancellor. |
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An attaché of the Secretariat of State in the Roman Curia from 1925 to 1932, Spellman was raised to the rank of Monsignor on October 4, 1926 by Pope Pius XI. |
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On July 30, 1932, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Boston and Titular Bishop of Sila. Spellman received his episcopal consecration on the following September 8 from close friend Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, with Archbishops Giuseppe Pizzardo and Francesco Borgongini Duca serving as co-consecrators, in St. Peter's Basilica. His was the first consecration of an American bishop ever to be held in St. Peter's. |
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Spellman was promoted to sixth Archbishop of New York on April 15, 1939, and on December 11 of that same year, named Apostolic Vicar for the US Armed Forces. He was created Cardinal Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (Rome) by Pope Pius XII in the consistory of February 18, 1946; his cardinalatial church was the same one held by Pope Pius before he was elected to the papacy. |
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During World War II, he undertook a number of missions on behalf of the Papacy, visiting 16 countries in four months. |
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He led his archdiocese through an extensive period of building the Catholic infrastructure, particularly the parochial schools. He was a staunch opponent of Communism, and often criticized films he viewed as "indecent." Spellman once engaged in a dispute with Eleanor Roosevelt over federally funded education at parochial schools, even accusing her of anti-Catholicism. He attended the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), and sat on its Board of Presidency. |
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He was a cardinal elector in the 1958 papal conclave, and again voted in the conclave of 1963. |
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