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...Appointed Bishop John Francis Dearden of Pittsburgh archbishop of Detroit to succeed the late Edward Cardinal Mooney, who died in Rome a few hours before the consistory that elected Pope John (TIME, Nov. 3). Rhode Island-born Archbishop Dearden, 51, completed his studies for the priesthood in Rome, served as rector of St. Mary's Seminary in Cleveland before going to Pittsburgh...
...Edward Mooney was born in Mt. Savage, Md. and grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, where he starred both in his studies and on the baseball diamond. Following graduation from Baltimore's St. Mary's Seminary, he was selected to continue his studies for the priesthood at the North American College in Rome, where he was ordained in 1909. For the next 13 years he served his church as an educator, briefly had a parish in Youngstown, then was called to Rome as Spiritual Director of the North American College. So impressed with him was Cardinal Gasparri, then Secretary...
...became Detroit's first archbishop. Sharp, blunt-spoken Archbishop Mooney quickly established himself as a friend of labor and an opponent of Father Coughlin, the rabble-rousing radio priest, whom he muzzled in short order. Between 1935 and 1945, he served several terms as board chairman of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, the potent policy-forming association of bishops that acts as the primary voice of the church in the U.S. No one was surprised when Pope Pius XII gave Archbishop Mooney a red hat at the 1946 consistory. Under his leadership, the Catholic population of Detroit doubled-from...
Though he was an ardent baseball fan, Cardinal Mooney's own game was golf, which he used to shoot in the low 80s. Said he to one of his priests: "If your score is over 100, you are neglecting your golf-if it falls below 90, you're neglecting your parish...
Died. Edward Cardinal Mooney, 76, Archbishop of Detroit; of a heart attack; in Rome (see RELIGION...