Thomas Kiely Gorman
The Most Reverend Thomas Kiely Gorman | |||||||||||||||||||
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Dallas | |||||||||||||||||||
Installed | August 19, 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||
Retired | August 22, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | Joseph Patrick Lynch | ||||||||||||||||||
Successor | Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe | ||||||||||||||||||
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Ordination | June 23, 1917 | ||||||||||||||||||
Consecration | July 22, 1931 by John Joseph Cantwell | ||||||||||||||||||
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Died | August 16, 1980 Dallas, Texas, US | (aged 87)||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Kiely Gorman (August 30, 1892 – August 16, 1980) was an American
Early life
Thomas Gorman was born on August 30, 1892, in
Priesthood
Gorman was
Bishop of Reno
On April 24, 1931, Gorman was appointed the first bishop of the new Diocese of Reno by
Under Gorman, the diocese opened soup kitchens and homeless shelters in Reno in the 1930s as a response to the Great Depression.[6] During World War II, he created USO centers for soldiers on leave, African-American wartime workers and residents in Boulder City, Nevada.[6]
Coadjutor Bishop and Bishop of Dallas
Gorman was named
Despite his original support for their
Retirement and legacy
On August 22, 1969, Pope Paul VI accepted Gorman's resignation as bishop of Dallas and named him titular bishop of Pinhel; he resigned from that title on January 21, 1971.[1]
Thomas Gorman died in Dallas on August 16, 1980, at age 87.[1][3] Bishop Thomas K. Gorman Catholic School in Tyler, Texas, is named for him.
Published works
- Gorman, Thomas K. (1925). America and Belgium, a Study of the Influence of the United States Upon the Belgian Revolution of 1789–90. London: T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd., Adelphi Terrace.[5]
- Gorman, Most Rev. Thomas K. (1935). Seventy-Five Years of Catholic Life in Nevada. Reno, Nev.: Journal Press.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Bishop Thomas Kiely Gorman". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. February 25, 2024. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ a b Nevada Historical Records Survey Project 1939, p. 6.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
- ^ TIME Magazine. June 16, 1967. Archived from the originalon November 13, 2007.
- ^ a b Nevada Historical Records Survey Project 1939, p. 9.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-87417-818-0.
- ^ Nevada Historical Records Survey Project 1939, p. 44.
Sources
- Nevada Historical Records Survey Project (1939). Inventory of the Church Archives of Nevada. Vol. 2. Historical Records Survey.