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Francis Joseph Spellman (May 4, 1889 – December 2, 1967) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. From 1939 to his death, he served as the sixth archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York. Spellman previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts from 1932 to 1939.
May 10, 2024 · Francis Spellman (born May 4, 1889, Whitman, Massachusetts, U.S.—died December 2, 1967, New York, New York) was an archbishop and cardinal who was one of the most influential American Roman Catholic prelates during the middle decades of the 20th century.
Cardinal Francis Joseph Spellman (1889-1967), archbishop of New York, was for 25 years the best-known and most influential leader of American Catholicism. Francis Joseph Spellman was born in Whitman, Mass., on May 4, 1889.
SPELLMAN, FRANCIS Cardinal; b. Whitman, Massachusetts, May 4, 1889;d. New York, Dec. 2, 1967. He was the son of William and Ellen Conway Spellman. After attending public elementary and secondary schools in Whitman, Spellman entered Fordham College, where he received a bachelor of arts degree in 1911.
Francis J. Spellman (1889-1967) was a Roman Catholic cardinal in the diocese of New York. This release consists of correspondence between Spellman and the FBI over many years and an...
Dec 17, 2012 · December 17, 2012 by Pat McNamara. He wasn't, like some of his fellow bishops, an impressive figure. Nor was he an accomplished speaker, like some others. And he wasn't a scholar. But he was the...
Born in Whitman, Massachusetts, in 1889, Francis Joseph Spellman attended Fordham University and the American College at Rome while preparing to enter the priesthood. He received his ordination as a Roman Catholic priest in 1916 and, in 1924, he was named archivist of the Archdiocese of Boston.
