Michael Joseph Curley
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Michael Joseph Curley was an Irish-born American Catholic prelate who served as the first archbishop of Washington in the District of Columbia from 1939 to 1947. He also served as Archbishop of Baltim
Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley
Closing ceremony, 1932 Eucharistic Congress, Dublin, Ireland
Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland (2008)
James Gibbons
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James Gibbons was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Baltimore for more than forty years, from 1877 until his death in 1921. Created a cardinal in 1886, he was the second America
Michael Joseph Curley
…Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, to reprimand him. From then on, Curley avoided any political comments. Although his predecessor in Baltimore, Archbishop James Gibbons, was appointed cardinal, Curley never received the same distinction. By 1943, after an operation for a detached retina, Curley had given up his public…
Gibbons Photo Standing
Cardinal Gibbons in May 1914
Cardinal Gibbons (pre-1915)
Cardinal Gibbons statue outside of the Baltimore Basilica (2008)