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'''Charles Richard Mulrooney''' (January 13, 1906& |
'''Charles Richard Mulrooney''' (January 13, 1906 – August 5, 1989) was an American [[prelate]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He served as an [[auxiliary bishop]] of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn|Diocese of Brooklyn]] from 1959 to 1981. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Charles Richard Mulrooney | |
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Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn | |
Appointed | February 24, 1959 |
Installed | 1959 |
Term ended | 1981 |
Orders | |
Ordination | June 10, 1930 |
Consecration | April 22, 1960 by Bishop Bryan Joseph McEntegart |
Personal details | |
Born | Brooklyn, New York | January 13, 1906
Died | August 5, 1989 Queen of Peace Residence, Queens Village | (aged 83)
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Education | Cathedral College, Brooklyn |
Alma mater | St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, Maryland |
Charles Richard Mulrooney (January 13, 1906 – August 5, 1989) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn from 1959 to 1981.
Biography
[edit]Mulrooney was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Patrick and Katherine (née Gibbons) Mulrooney.[1] He attended Cathedral College in Brooklyn from 1921 to 1924, and graduated from St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1926.[1] He then studied at the Sulpician Seminary of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he earned a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree.[1]
He was ordained to the priesthood in Washington on June 10, 1930.[2] Following his return to New York, he was assigned as a curate at St. Gerard Majella Church in Hollis, where he remained for two years.[1] He taught at Cathedral College from 1932 until 1952, when he became its rector.[3]
On February 24, 1959, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Brooklyn and titular bishop of Valentiniana by Pope John XXIII.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on the following April 22 from Bishop Bryan Joseph McEntegart, with Bishops James Griffiths and John Joseph Carberry serving as co-consecrators.[2] As an auxiliary bishop, he served as pastor of St. Jerome's Church in Flatbush from 1959 to 1972.[3] Upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, he resigned as auxiliary bishop on January 13, 1981.[2]
He died at the Queen of Peace Residence in Queens Village, at age 83.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. Vol. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
- ^ a b c d "Bishop Charles Richard Mulrooney". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- ^ a b c "Bishop Charles R. Mulrooney Is Dead at 83". The New York Times. 1989-08-07.