Peter L. Gerety
Peter Leo Gerety (born July 19, 1912 in Shelton , Connecticut , † September 20, 2016 in Totowa , New Jersey ) was an American clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Newark . Since the death of Géry Leuliet he was the oldest Catholic bishop in the world.
Life
Peter Leo Gerety, the first of nine children, initially worked for the US Department of Agriculture and the New Jersey Transportation Department . In 1932 he entered the seminary in Bloomfield , Connecticut . In 1934 he studied at the Sulpizian seminary in Paris. He received in the cathedral on June 29, 1939 Notre Dame de Paris , the priesthood for the Diocese of Hartford , Connecticut, USA. He subsequently served in pastoral care in New Haven , Connecticut.
In 1966 he was appointed by Pope Paul VI. Appointed Titular Bishop of Crepedula and Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Portland , Maine. He received his episcopal ordination from the Archbishop of Hartford, Henry Joseph O'Brien , on June 1, 1966; Co- consecrators were Daniel Joseph Feeney , Bishop of Portland, and John Francis Hackett , Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford. In 1967 he was appointed Apostolic Administrator in Portland; 1969 he was appointed Bishop of Portland. Among other things, he campaigned for greater equality for women and was involved in the civil rights movement.
1974 he was by Paul VI. appointed Archbishop of Newark to succeed Thomas Aloysius Boland . In Newark, Gerety continued his community engagement and encouraged women to become more involved in the Church. In 1981 he published a pastoral letter in this context in which he complained that women "are still being denied their rightful place in society and the Church". On the other hand, he pursued a conservative policy on abortion, criticizing Jimmy Carter for supporting the legalization of abortions. His resignation was granted in 1986 by John Paul II .
On the occasion of the golden jubilee of priests in 1989 priests of the Archdiocese of Newark recognized him as a "visionary". Gerety last lived at St. Joseph's Home for the Elderly in Totowa, where he died in 2016 at the age of 104.
He was the founder of "The Archbishop Gerety Fund for Ecclesiastical History".
Web links
- Entry on Peter L. Gerety on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on January 7, 2017.
- Biography
Individual evidence
- ^ Former Archbishop Peter Leo Gerety, world's oldest Catholic Bishop, dead at 104
- ↑ Décès de Mgr Géry Leuliet, doyen de l'épiscopat mondial , la-croix.com , January 2, 2015
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Thomas Aloysius Boland |
Archbishop of Newark 1974–1986 |
Theodore Edgar McCarrick |
Daniel Joseph Feeney |
Bishop of Portland 1969–1974 |
Edward Cornelius O'Leary |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gerety, Peter L. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gerety, Peter Leo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American clergyman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Newark |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1912 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Shelton , Connecticut , USA |
DATE OF DEATH | 20th September 2016 |
Place of death | Totowa , New Jersey , USA |