Francis Joseph Spellman, later
Francis Cardinal Spellman, (
May 4,
1889 -
December 2,
1967) was the ninth bishop (sixth archbishop) of the
Roman Catholic diocese of
New York. He was born in
Whitman, Massachusetts, graduated from
North American College [?] in
Rome, and was ordained a priest on
May 14,
1916. He became Chancellor of the Boston Diocese in 1922, and was made a Monsignor and appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts on
July 30,
1932 and ordained on
September 8,
1932 with the
titular see[?] of Sila. He was appointed Archbishop of New York on
April 15,
1939, and appointed Archbishop of Military (
American) on
December 11,
1939. He was elevated to
Cardinal on
February 18,
1946, and served as archbishop until his death. He is interred in the crypt under the altar of
St. Patrick's Cathedral.
see
List of Roman Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of New York