Thomas Arthur Connolly

Thomas Arthur Connolly (born October 5, 1899 in San Francisco , California , † April 18, 1991 in Seattle , Washington ) was an American Roman Catholic clergyman. Connolly was Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle .

Life

Thomas Connolly was born in San Francisco to Thomas and Catherine Connolly. He attended school at Saint Patrick's Seminary and University in Menlo Park , California. He received the sacrament of ordination on June 11, 1926. He served as a curate at churches in Santa Rosa and Sausalito until 1930 , before going to the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC . Here he received his doctorate in canon law in 1932 .

In 1934 he returned to California, where he became the private secretary of Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna in San Francisco that same year . A year later, in 1935, Hanna appointed him Chancellor of the Archdiocese of San Francisco . In 1936 he was by Pope Pius XI. appointed monsignor . In 1939 Connolly became a chaplain at the San Francisco de Asís Mission .

On June 10, 1939, Pope Pius XII appointed him . as auxiliary bishop of San Francisco and titular bishop of Sila . Archbishop John Joseph Mitty and his co-consecrators, Bishops Robert John Armstrong and Thomas Kiely Gorman , donated him episcopal ordination on August 24, 1939 . In 1941 he was appointed Vicar General and subsequently took over the supervision of all Catholic clergy who served on the Pacific coast in the United States Army and United States Navy .

When Gerald Shaughnessy , the bishop of the Diocese of Seattle, had health problems, Connolly was given to him by Pope Pius XII. on February 28, 1948 as coadjutor bishop . When Shaughnessy died two years later, on May 18, 1950, Connolly took over as bishop of the now vacant diocese. On June 23, 1951 Seattle was raised from the diocese to the archbishopric and Connolly from the bishop to the archbishop.

During his tenure, he renovated St. James Cathedral in Seattle, created over 350 ecclesiastical institutions such as schools and churches, and started 43 new congregations. In 1959 he received from Pope John XXIII. the title of Papal Assistant to the Throne . Between 1962 and 1965 Connolly attended all the sessions of the Second Vatican Council . Connolly also campaigned strongly for ecumenism , the civil rights movement and the right to life movement .

Connolly's resignation was on February 13, 1975 by Pope Paul VI. granted. He then went into retirement for 16 years and died at the age of 91 in April 1991 in Seattle.

Web links

• Entry for Thomas Arthur Connolly on catholic-hierarchy.org

predecessor	Office	successor
Gerald Shaughnessy	Archbishop of Seattle 1950–1975	Raymond Gerhardt Hunthausen