Edward Celestin Daly
Edward Celestin Daly , OP (born October 24, 1894 in Cambridge , Massachusetts , † November 23, 1964 in Rome , Italy ) was an American Roman Catholic clergyman. Daly was bishop of the Diocese of Des Moines from 1948 until his accidental death .
Life
Edward Daly, son of James and Elizabeth Daly, grew up in Boston , Massachusetts. Here he graduated from Boston College from 1912 to 1914 . He joined the Dominican Order in 1915 and began studying theology and philosophy at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC . On June 12, 1921, he received the sacrament of ordination from the hand of Bishop John Timothy McNicholas .
Until 1923 he studied canon law at the Catholic University of America ; then he took a position as archivist and secretary at the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington. In 1936 he received his Masters in Theology, so that he was allowed to teach as a professor at the Dominican House of Studies .
On March 13, 1948, Pope Pius XII appointed Daly to the Bishop of Des Moines. Archbishop and later Cardinal Amleto Giovanni Cicognani and his co-consecrators, Bishops Henry Rohlman and Leo Binz , donated him his episcopal ordination on May 13, 1948 . In May 1958 he received the title of Papal Assistant to the Throne . Little is known about Daly's 16-year-old episcopate.
Most recently he was a delegate at the Second Vatican Council . In November 1964 the third session had just ended. Daly had planned to fly from Rome via Athens and Cairo to Israel in the Holy Land. On November 23, 1964, he boarded Trans World Airlines Flight 800 from Rome to Athens. There were 73 people, 62 passengers and eleven crew members on board. Shortly after take-off, the catastrophe occurred when the Boeing 707 went up in flames at 1:09 p.m. local time due to an engine malfunction and the wreck fell on the runway at Rome-Fiumicino Airport . Of the 73 people on board, only 23 survived the accident. Among the 50 fatalities (45 passengers and 5 crew members) was the 70-year-old Bishop Edward Daly.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Gerald Thomas Bergan |
Bishop of Des Moines 1948–1964 |
George Joseph Biskup |
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| SURNAME | Daly, Edward Celestin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Roman Catholic clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cambridge , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 23, 1964 |
| Place of death | Rome , Italy |