Edward Aloysius Mooney

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John Anthony DonovanOctober 26, 1954
Henry Edmund DonnellyOctober 26, 1954

Edward Aloysius Mooney (May 9, 1882 – October 25, 1958) was an American cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Detroit from 1937 until his death, and was made a cardinal in 1946.

Early life and ministry

Edward Mooney was born in

priesthood by Cardinal Pietro Respighi
on April 10, 1909.

Upon his return to the United States, Mooney taught

Cathedral Latin School in Cleveland from 1916 to 1922, and pastor of St. Patrick's Church in Youngstown from 1922 to 1923. Returning to Rome, he then became spiritual director of the North American College in 1923. Albert Meyer, a student at the North American College and future cardinal, once said, "[Mooney] was revered and greatly beloved ... he left an indelible mark on all the students, inspiring them with his great learning and his solid spiritual guidance."[1] He was raised to the rank of domestic prelate of his holiness
on June 3, 1925.

Episcopal career

Apostolic delegate

On January 21, 1926, after having made a favorable impression on Cardinal

dioceses were created and the Syro-Malankara Church was reconciled with the Holy See.[3]

Mooney was later named Apostolic Delegate to

plenary council of the Korean bishops.[1]

Bishop of Rochester

Being recalled from

African American community, and took deep interest in Catholic social teaching and labor relations.[4] He would also play golf in high temperatures (once saying, "If your score is over 100, you are neglecting your golf—if it falls below 90, you're neglecting your parish")[5] and take a group of altar boys every year to the opening game of the baseball season.[2]

Archbishop of Detroit

Mooney was named the first

labor unions, he once proposed establishing parish labor schools in order to help "Christian workers to train themselves in principle and technique to assume the leadership in the unions which their numbers justify".[7]

From the very beginning of his tenure in Detroit, Mooney became engaged in a contentious relationship with Fr.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's sanity over his nomination of Hugo Black to the Supreme Court, leading Coughlin to cancel his contract for twenty-six radio broadcasts.[8] After the priest agreed to end his program in 1942, Mooney responded, "My understanding with him is sufficiently broad and firm to exclude effectively the recurrence of any such unpleasant situation."[9]

As the population of Detroit grew into the northern suburbs of Detroit, Mooney added churches in the remote areas of Oakland County. He appointed Father Frederick Delaney to begin opening additional parishes in the rural areas of the county.[10]

During

Santa Susanna in the consistory
of February 18, 1946.

In 1957, Mooney delivered the benediction at the second inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

The cardinal died in Rome, at age 76, after suffering from a

James McIntyre granted him absolution before departing for the conclave.[5] Mooney was initially buried in the crypt of St. John's Provincial Seminary in Plymouth, but his remains were later transferred in 1988 to Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Southfield
.

Legacy

Sarasota, Florida
.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Thornton, Francis. "Edward Cardinal Mooney". Our American Princes.
  2. ^ a b Time. "17th Archdiocese". June 14, 1937.
  3. ^ The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
  4. ^ Diocese of Rochester. Diocesan History Archived 2008-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ a b Time. "Detroit's Archbishop". November 3, 1958.
  6. ^ Time. "Mooney to Detroit". August 16, 1937.
  7. ^ Time. "For Christian Workers". January 30, 1939.
  8. ^ Time. "Coughlin Silenced". October 18, 1937.
  9. ^ Time. "Coughlin Quits". May 18, 1942.
  10. ^ "Our History".
  11. ^ Time. "Catholic Good Neighbors". September 7, 1942.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Apostolic Delegate to the East Indies
18 January 1926 – 30 March 1931 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Rochester
1933–1937 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Archbishop of Detroit

1937–1958 		Succeeded by
John Francis Dearden
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