Robert Emmet Lucey

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Robert Emmet Lucey
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Robert Emmet Lucey (March 16, 1891 – August 1, 1977) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the second bishop of the

Archdiocese of San Antonio
in Texas from 1941 to 1969.

Biography

Early life

Lucey was born in

University of the Propaganda there.[1]

Priesthood

On May 14, 1916, Lucey was ordained a priest in the Church of St. Apollinaris in Rome by Archbishop Giuseppe Ceppetelli.[2][1]

During the next five years in Los Angeles, Lucey was assistant pastor of several parishes which included

University of Los Angeles and diocesan director of Catholic Charities (1921–1925) of the California Conference of Social Work (1923–24), director of Catholic Hospitals for the diocese (1924–1934), and board member of the California State Department of Social Welfare (1924–1930).[1]

Bishop of Amarillo

Lucey was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Amarillo on February 10, 1934.[3] On March 1, 1934, Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani consecrated Lucey at St. Vibiana's Cathedral in Los Angeles. There he established a newspaper called the Texas Panhandle Register.

Archbishop of San Antonio

On January 23, 1941 Pope Pius XII appointed Lucey Archbishop of San Antonio. He was installed by Cicognani at the Cathedral of San Fernando in San Antonio on March 27, 1941.[3] Lucey helped establish the Yorktown Memorial Hospital in Yorktown, Texas, the Czech Catholic Home for the Aged, and the Huth Memorial Hospital and created 29 clinics throughout Southwest Texas.[1]

In the early 1950s, Lucey ordered the

union organizing efforts by farm workers in Texas. In 1965, he gave his full support to the national War on Poverty program of the Johnson Administration.[4] Furey cofounded the juvenile rehabilitation program the Patrician Movement and created the equal play advocacy organization Project Equality in 1965.[5]

In September 1968, while dedicating a new church rectory in Stonewall, Texas, with President Johnson in attendance, Lucey praised the US involvement in the Vietnam War, contending that it reflected the peace efforts of Pope Paul VI.[6] However, the pope had previously called on Johnson to stop the bombing of North Vietnam. Lucey later took a trip to Saigon to serve as an observer to the presidential election in what was then South Vietnam.[1]

Retirement and legacy

On July 4, 1969, Paul VI accepted Lucey's resignation as archbishop of San Antonio. Lucey died in San Antonio on August 1, 1977. He was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, which had been built on a plot of land in Bexar County that he had acquired for the church.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "TSHA | Lucey, Robert Emmet". www.tshaonline.org. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  2. ^ Williams, p. 361.
  3. ^ a b Williams, p. 362.
  4. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  5. ^ Williams, p. 363-64.
  6. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  7. ^ Williams, p. 365.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Amarillo
16 May 1934 – 23 January 1941 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of San Antonio
23 January 1941 – 23 May 1969 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Titular bishop of Tauromenium
23 May 1969 – 31 Dec 1970 		Succeeded by
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