Patrick O'Boyle

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name = Francis Aloysius Cardinal O'Boyle †
See = Archdiocese of Washington
Title = Archbishop of Washington
Period = January 14, 1948—March 3, 1973
cardinal = June 26, 1967
Predecessor = Michael Joseph Curley †
Successor = William Wakefield Baum
post = Executive Director of the Catholic Charities in New York
date of birth = July 18, 1896
place of birth = Scranton, Pennsylvania
date of death = August 10, 1987
place of death = Washington, D.C.

Patrick Aloysius Cardinal O'Boyle (July 18, 1896—August 10, 1987) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Washington from 1947 to 1973, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1967. He was the first Cardinal Archbishop of Washington, D.C.

Biography

Patrick O'Boyle was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Michael and Mary (née Muldoon) O'Boyle. He graduated in 1971 from Saint Thomas College, which is now the University of Scranton, before attending St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, and the New York School of Social Work. Ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Patrick Hayes on May 21, 1921, O'Boyle then did pastoral work in New York until 1926. He was raised to the rank of Privy Chamberlain of His Holiness in 1941, and later Domestic Prelate of His Holiness on June 21, 1944. O'Boyle was named Executive Director of the Catholic Charities in New York on August 1, 1947.

On November 27, 1947, he was appointed Archbishop of Washington by Pope Pius XII. O'Boyle received his episcopal consecration on January 14, 1948 from Francis Cardinal Spellman, with Bishops John McNamara and Henry Klonowski serving as co-consecrators, in St. Patrick's Cathedral. From 1962 to 1965, he attended the Second Vatican Council. He was made Metropolitan Archbishop on October 12, 1965, upon Washington's promotion to that ecclesiastical status.

He was created Cardinal Priest of "S. Nicola in Carcere" by Pope Paul VI in the consistory of June 26, 1967. At the same ceremony, Archbishop Karol Wojtyła of Kraków (the future Pope John Paul II) was also elevated to the College of Cardinals. O'Boyle resigned as Washington's archbishop on March 3, 1973, after twenty-five years of service.

Known for his opposition to racism [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,843902,00.html The Fine Papal Art of Creating New Cardinals] June 9, 1967] , he led the way to desegregation of the American school system by racially-integrating the Catholic schools of Washington years before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled segregation unconstitutional. O'Boyle was also an ardent supporter of Paul VI's encyclical "Humanae Vitae", and placed ecclesiastical censures on priests who dissented from its teachings [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,838689-1,00.html Conscience and the Encyclical] September 13, 1968] .

He died in Washington, D.C., at age 91. He was the first person to be interred in a burial chamber constructed inside the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle for the Archbishops of Washington. It is also the final resting place of James Cardinal Hickey.

Trivia

*O'Boyle celebrated the Nuptial Mass at the wedding of Luci Baines Johnson and Patrick John Nugent [TIME Magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,836134-2,00.html Three-Ring Wedding] August 5, 1966] .

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References

External links

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE4DA1731F932A2575BC0A961948260&scp=97&sq=university+of+scranton New York Times: Cardinal O'Boyle of Washington, Liberal who Espoused Orthodoxy]