Edward Joseph Hanna

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The Most Reverend

Edward Joseph Hanna
Roman Catholic Church

Edward Joseph Hanna (July 21, 1860 – July 10, 1944) was an American

Roman Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of San Francisco
from 1915 to 1935.

Early life and education

Edward Hanna was born in

Baptist theologian and proponent of the Social Gospel. He and Rauschenbusch were two of the nineteen founding brothers of Pi Phi Fraternity at the academy in 1878.[2] At the commencement ceremony, he delivered a well-received oration on Irish political leader Daniel O'Connell.[1]

Deciding to become a priest, Hanna was sent by

Urban College of Propaganda.[3] His professor at the Propaganda, Benedetto Lorenzelli, selected him and fellow student Edward A. Pace as the American representatives at a philosophical disputation before Pope Leo XIII in 1882.[2]

Early ministry

On May 30, 1885, Hanna was

Basilica of St. John Lateran.[4] Pope Leo XIII conferred a Doctor of Sacred Theology degree on him without the need for an oral examination in 1886.[1]

He was a professor at St. Bernard's Seminary from 1893 to 1912. On October 22, 1912, he was elected by Pope Pius X as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of San Francisco and titular bishop of Titiopolis. He was ordained to the episcopate on December 4, 1912. During his time as archbishop, he resided in the Archbishop's Mansion in San Francisco.[5]

Archiepiscopate

Following the death of

archbishop of San Francisco on June 1, 1915.[4]

Hanna had a close friendship with San Francisco Mayor James Rolph Jr. The archbishop and "Sunny Jim" were seen at many civic functions. Hanna supported Rolph in his run for governor in 1930.

As archbishop, Hanna was often tasked with helping resolve labor disputes. In 1921, he was named chairman of San Francisco's wage arbitration boards; Hanna served on the boards through 1924.

Franklin Roosevelt named Hanna the chairman of the National Longshoremen's Board. The board was tasked with resolving the strike by mediating between the International Longshoremen's Association, the International Seamen's Union, and their employers.[6]

In 1923 his portrait was painted three-quarters seated by the Swiss-born American portrait painter Adolfo Müller-Ury (1862–1947), shortly afterwards being exhibited at Gump's, in San Francisco.

Hanna was key to the founding of

St. Joseph's Seminary in Mountain View, California, and it was considered "the jewel of his accomplishments".[8]

National Catholic Welfare Council

Main article: National Catholic Welfare Council

In 1919, Hanna was elected by the bishops of the United States as the first chairman of the National Catholic Welfare Council, a predecessor of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, which was renamed the National Catholic Welfare Conference in 1922; he continued as chairman through his retirement in 1935. As chairman, he was responsible for coordinating the American bishops' lobbying efforts and response to the domestic and foreign policies of the government.[9]

Retirement and death

Hanna's vault at Holy Cross

Archbishop Hanna retired March 2, 1935, due to ill health and advancing age.

Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, California
.

Archbishop Hanna High School, part of the Hanna Boys Center in Sonoma, California, since 1945, is a residential treatment center for at-risk boys.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Gribble, Richard (2006). An Archbishop for the People: The Life of Edward J. Hanna. Mahwah: Paulist Press.
  2. ^ a b c d e McKelvey, Blake, ed. (April 1963). Rochester History. Vol. XXV. Rochester Public Library.
  3. ^ "Archbishop Hanna, Friend of Labor, 83". The New York Times. July 11, 1944.
  4. ^ a b "Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.[self-published source]
  5. ISBN 978-1-4027-2388-9
    .
  6. ^ a b Jaime Garcia De Alba (December 20, 2000). "Apostle of the Dock: Archbishop Edward J. Hanna's Role as Chairman of the National Longshoremen's During the 1934 San Francisco Waterfront Strike". Ex Post Facto. San Francisco State University. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
  7. ^ Samora, Julian; Vandel Simon, Patricia (1977). "Chapter 18". A History of the Mexican-American People. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
  8. ISBN 0809144050
    .
  9. ^ Richard Gribble. "Roman Catholicism and U.S. foreign policy - 1919-1935: a clash of policies". Journal of Church and State (Winter, 2008). Retrieved January 5, 2009.[dead link]
  10. ^ "Religion: Hanna Retires". Time. March 18, 1935. Archived from the original on December 22, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
  11. ^ "Died. The Most Rev. Edward Joseph Hanna". Time. July 24, 1944. Archived from the original on December 15, 2008. Retrieved January 5, 2009.

Biography

  • Gribble, Richard, CSC. An Archbishop for the People: The Life of Edward J. Hanna. Boston: Paulist Press, 2006.
    ISBN 0-8091-4405-0

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Preceded by
Archbishop of San Francisco

1915–1935 		Succeeded by
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