Patrick Joseph Hayes
Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes (born November 20, 1867 in Five Points Manhattan , New York , † September 4, 1938 in Monticello ) was Archbishop of New York .
Life
Hayes parents, Daniel and Mary Hayes (née Gleason), were from County Kerry , Ireland and immigrated to the United States in 1864. His younger brother John was born in 1870. Hayes' mother died in June 1872. His father remarried in 1876 and his half-sister Anastasia was born that year. At the age of 15 he moved in with his aunt and uncle who ran a grocery store and helped out with them.
After attending the La Salle Academy, he studied at Manhattan College , where he excelled in philosophy and the ancient languages of Latin and Ancient Greek , which he graduated with honors in 1888 with a Bachelor of Arts . In Manhattan he also met his friend George Mundelein , who later became Archbishop of Chicago . Hayes then attended St. Joseph's Seminary in Troy .
Hayes was ordained a priest on September 8, 1892, through Michael Augustine Corrigan , Archbishop of New York . He continued his studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC , where he obtained a licentiate in Catholic theology in 1894 .
On his return to New York, he became curate of the St. Gabriel Congregation on the Lower East Side , which was led by John Murphy Farley (later Archbishop of New York). After John Murphy Farley's appointment as Auxiliary Bishop of New York, he served from 1895 to 1903 as the latter's private secretary, chancellor of the archdiocese and director of the boys' seminary . On October 15, 1907, he was awarded the title of Honorary Prelate to His Holiness .
Pope Pius X appointed him on July 3, 1914 auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of New York and titular bishop of Thagaste . The Archbishop of New York, Cardinal John Murphy Farley, gave him on 28 October of that year in the St. Patrick's Cathedral , the episcopal ordination ; Co- consecrators were Henry Gabriels , Bishop of Ogdensburg , and Thomas Francis Cusack , Auxiliary Bishop in New York.
On November 24, 1917, he was appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Military Diocese. As head of the US military ordinariate during the First World War , he recruited hundreds of priests as officers or chaplains. He was also one of the four episcopal members of the Board of Directors of the National Catholic War Council .
After the death of Cardinal Farley in September 1918, Hayes was on March 10, 1919 by Pope Benedict XV. Appointed fifth Archbishop of New York and inducted into office the following March 19. He founded the Archdiocese's charities in 1920, which is why he became known as the "Cardinal of Charities". In a pastoral letter in 1920 he condemned abortion , contraception and divorce . He condemned the American Birth Control League meeting and called the participants "prophets of decadence." He welcomed the election of Éamon de Valera as President of the Republic of Ireland and donated $ 1,000 to Sinn Féin .
On March 24, 1924, Pope Pius XI took him . as a cardinal priest with the titular church Santa Maria in Via in the College of Cardinals . It has been speculated that the Pope delayed admission to the College of Cardinals because a group from St. Patrick's Cathedral had pelted the nearby Union Club for the hoisting of the Union Jack , but nevertheless Pius welcomed Hayes warmly to the consistory as "loved ones." little brother". The cardinal did not endorse alcohol prohibition but supported legislation to limit indecency on the stage and advocated aid to the unemployed during the Great Depression . After Charles Coughlin , he praised the future mayor of New York Jimmy Walker (although he had previously denounced Walker's lack of morality) for ruling that no church visitor could hold a religious gathering without the cardinal's permission. He used his Tammany Hall contacts in 1932 to assist the Democrats in passing Congressional legislation to protect Catholic schools in the Philippines . Hayes had a vacation home in the Catskills that Dominican women lived in.
Hayes died of a heart attack and was buried in the crypt under the altar of St. Patrick's Cathedral .
Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx is named after him.
Web links
- Hayes, Patrick Joseph. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed November 24, 2016.
- Entry on Patrick Joseph Hayes on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on November 24, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| John Murphy Cardinal Farley |
Archbishop of New York 1919–1938 |
Francis Cardinal Spellman |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hayes, Patrick Joseph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hayes, Patrick Joseph Cardinal (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cardinal and archbishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Five Points Manhattan , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 4, 1938 |
| Place of death | Monticello |